x-serve fails

[0li47au02 at sneakemail.com]

--- "Fabio Massimo Di Nitto fabbione-at-fabbione.net"

wrote:



> 

> Hi Mike,

> 

> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, mike wrote:

> 

> > I installed Ubuntu seemingly successfully.

> However, when trying to

> > login, gdm tries to start up and fails, resulting

> in an error message

> > that the GUI has been disabled.

> 

> Please provide us with the following files and

> information:

> 

> /var/log/XFree86.0.log

> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

> 

> output of:

> lspci -n

> xresprobe ati

> 



Sorry for the delay in replying. First, I should tell

you that I am writing this on another computer (not

the one running Ubuntu). There is a question of

whether I will be able to get the information you want

from the Ubuntu machine into an email.



The xresprobe ati resulted in a file containing no

data. The /var/log/XFree86.0.log is close to 1K lines

long, but contains at the end: "Fatal screen error:

AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0"



In looking through the other files, it seemed clear to

me that Ubuntu had correctly identified the ATI video

card and even the monitor I was using.



I am sorry I cannot supply all the details right now,

but, hopefully, this will change.



Mike