X question (Fatal Server error: no screens found)

[Soo-Hyun Choi]

My system has a dual boot with Windows XP and Ubuntu Hoary 5.04. If I
boot my system with WinXP, then the graphic card works fine. Only the
problem resides with X server under Ubuntu. Therefore I presume this
is not a contact issue between PCI graphic card and PCI slot in
Motherboard.

My guess is the X server is trying to find a device at the previous
location (e.g., PCI 0:8:0), but now the location has been changed. So
how do I change the X server so that it could search a device at a
different location?

However, in the mean time, I will try to re-set the PCI graphic card
to see if it works in other slots.

Soo-Hyun


On 8/27/05, Randy Forston <rforston at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Soo-Hyun Choi [shchoi at gmail.com] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been re-assembling my PC hardware such that I swapped my graphic
> > card from PIC no 1 to PCI no 3 because of space problem with ohter
> > PCI devices.
> >
> > Now, I re-started Ubuntu (Hoary 5.04) but it says it failed to load
> > X. What it says is
> >
> > Fatal Server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> >
> > So what I did was re-run "X -configure" but it also generates the same
> > error message. If I do "xorgcfg" then I can see the black and white
> > screen but nothing else than that.
> >
> >
> > If I see the file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log/; then I could see it was
> > trying to scan PCI and finally it doesn't detect my graphic card.
> >
> > Of course, before I swapped my graphic card, my Ubuntu system ran
> > very well with no problem.
> >
> > Anyone could give me some advice on this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> 
> Reseat the card.
> 
> I'd first try removing the PCI card, using a very soft pencil eraser on the
> gold contacts of the card, (to remove dust, etc. ), then wipe the contacts
> with a soft cloth to remove any remaining eraser bits.
> 
> Then I'd reseat the card, firmly, and try again.
> 
> 
> If you get the same result, try the first PCI slot to confirm the card is
> still  in working order.
> 
> Perhaps, the second slot will work.
> 
> I've seen slots go bad in older motherboards, for one reason or another.
> 
> 
> Randy
> rforston at earthlink.net
> 
> 
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