On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Brad Salai wrote:

> >
> >> (3) The FIRST time I type startx or xinit I get ...
> >>
> >>     Fatal Server Error;
> >>     Can't run X server with no screens!
> >>     X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
> >
> >This is a bug that I haven't had time to track down.  Dt will work
> >similarly, except that it won't fail...  It will think it's working,
> >but won't draw anything.
> 
> I have a similar problem, with the additional feature that with two
> screens, I sometimes get only one of the two screens to come up. X works
> normally with one screen, as well as with two, but it often takes a three
> step process
> startx -  fail -  kill
> startx -  one screen  -  kill
> startx  - both screens!!

well, I have a slightly similar problem :)

startx # 1 - "can't run x with no screens!"
startx # 2 - recognizes screen 0, desktop pattern comes up, then coredumps
startx # 3 - "can't run x with no screens!"
startx # 4 - recognizes screens 0 and 1, desktop pattern comes up, coredump
startx # 5 - "can't run x with no screens!"
startx # 6 - recognizes screen 0, same as before.

so I just get one more step inserted, except that X never starts. =)

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