failed to start X server (Ubuntu 5.10)

[Lee Slowick]

I tried the command  sudo dpkd-reconfigure xserver-xorg and chose the 
automatic option and allowed it to fill in most of the prompt. It detected 
my matrox card and location, at least it seemed too. But still when I 
rebooted it comes up with the same 'failed to start' error.

Log file indicateds 'no devices detected.'

I can include the exact output of the log if it would help.

Any other ideas.

Lee
Lee Slowick wrote:

>Hi,
>
>This is my first install of Ubuntu and the entire install seemed to go 
>fine, but at the end and now when I reboot and it tries to start the GUI I 
>get a error.
>
>"Failed to start X server... It is likely that it is not setup 
>correctly..."
>
>I viewed the log file and two things stood out:
>
>(EE) No devices detected.
>
>Fatal server error:
>no screens found

in the terminal type sudo dpkd-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and configure
everything which wasn't automatically detected manually. Follow the
prompts. If you don't understand one of the questions, then just press
enter.

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>
>Thanks.
>
>LEE

Sasha