Bug 4827

Summary: failing to parse the config file should not be fatal
Product: xorg Reporter: johnny7
Component: Server/DDX/XorgAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: high    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description johnny7 2005-10-20 11:18:32 UTC 
After I had finished installing Linux I restarted the computer. I logged in and
was hoping to see KDE greet me, but instead I saw a black screen with this error
message: 

Data incomplete in file "/etc/X11/Xorg.conf".
At least one Device Section is required.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file
fatal server error:
no screens found.

This problem kept me from using Linux for a very long time. I had do a little
reinstalling to fix the problem. What I suggest take place to fix this problem
is have a simple option at the end of the error message asking the user if he or
she would like xorg to auto-configure itself to the computer's current hardware
and then start up the gui. This feature would make a lot of peoples lives a lot
easier.
Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2006-04-04 22:36:51 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2589 ***

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