3.4 HD: = no suitable xserver found for your card???

**Jack_** · 05-10-2004, 06:34 PM

Using a ATI 8500 and 9700 getting the following error

"no suitable xserver found for your card"

when trying to run
netcardconfig

It also shows at other times.

Suggestions, did not have the issue with 3.3.

**Jack_** · 05-16-2004, 01:37 AM

Anyone else have this issue with a 3.4 HD install?

You can test it by...
Opening a console under your user id,
then su root, and run glxinfo.
I get the following error:

root@knoppixlt:/home/jack# glxinfo
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Error: unable to open display (null)

Ideas?

**alof8k** · 05-16-2004, 05:30 AM

well, when does that error kick in? how is your system set up? is KDE already running and you recieve that error while running konsole? If so, it could be a bug that is known. Not sure which bug really but there is a patch out for a few bugs. You might want to try that.

I had a problem that gave me the same error message a few days ago. Except for me, KDE wouldn't launch at all during start up. I had to go into the start up script and change display for xserver from display=0 to display=1. But I don't think your having that problem so just try the patch. Also, check the 'Bugs' section of this site. It may be of use. Good luck on fixing your problem.

**Jack_** · 05-16-2004, 01:33 PM

Where do I find the patch?

It happens when KDE is started with my user id,
if I run a graphics program from a console as root.

Anyone not have this issue, its easy to check?

**Markus** · 05-16-2004, 04:26 PM

It's not a bug, it's a feature

. Actually I think "they" did this to better security with X only allowing one connection at a time.
A dirty workaround is doing as root:

Code:

cd ~
mv .Xauthority .XauthorityOLD
ln -s /home/your_username/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority

Does X work of the cd with cheatcodes like xmodule=ati? If so, you can do:
mv /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4OLD
and then copy the XF86Config-4 from running cd to hd.