Fatal server error: no screens found

[oceanonre]

Was wondering if anyone could provide me with some assistance on the following problem I am having?

I was connecting an external monitor to my backtrack box (eeepc) and when the external display did not appear, I changed the KDE graphics settings to cater for an external screen (I selected some option about cloning the screen). In the process I think the resolution re-jigged itself aswell.

As a result, I am unable to boot into x11 now -- even with an external monitor attached. Upon typing startx I am receiving the following:

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up

If anyone could throw me some ideas in relation to this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[imported_athacks]

This is easy as hell ma'boy.


When grub menu appears, select recovery mode, then select fix xserver (that last option that says fix)

And you're done !

Note: ignore the "you might loose some configuration" i did it and havent got any problems.

[oceanonre]

Thanks athacks!

[imported_athacks]

No problem, anything else, Ill be glad to help out . . .

[oceanonre]

For everyone's information, this also works:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[imported_athacks]

My method works the same, and for people that havent made the root pswrd, but thanks for the reply, it helps out too !