[ltp] 3DAcc. on Fire GL 2 (T41p) and XF86Config-4

Rob Smith linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:58:09 -0600


On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 23:49, Raphael Zentner wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I tried to install the ATI Driver for the Fire GL 2 which comes with my
> T41p. I followed the installation instructions but wasn´t able to start
> the XServer. The main problem error message was like
> 
> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> However the ATI driver seems to have been appropriately loaded before 
> (according to the log-file). Maybe there is just my XF86Config
> wrong. But on the other hand the X-Server seemed to run before with a
> similar configuration and just the "generic" graphic device instead.
> Did anyone have similar problems? Could anyone help me here?

This sounds like your display is not being detected. You will need to
give it your monitor (LCD Panel) information. The graphics card won't
start up if it doesn't see a monitor attached.

Rob Smith