X doesn't start

[Tobias Heinemann]

 > It's interesting to note however that by doing a live-expert start of
 > the Live CD, I managed to get it working. Here are the parameters I used:
 >
 > ...
 >
 > Attempt autodetect video hardware: no
 > Select desired X server driver: vesa
 >
 > ...
 >
 > I'm attaching the two files mentioned above for your review. I'd be glad
 > to find a solution to this problem.
 >
 > ...
 >
 > (WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!
 >
 > (WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 will not be enabled
 >
 >  because it conflicts with another non-video PCI device.
 >
 > (EE) No devices detected.

Not being able to look at your /etc/xorg.conf (it appears to be a binary
file of zero size) I would guess that it specifies the "ati" driver in
the device section. Try changing that to "vesa".

If that works, you at least have a running X server while finding out
why exactly the "ati" driver isn't working...


Regards,

Tobi