No X on Dell E6540

David Wolfskill david at catwhisker.org
Tue Dec 15 13:37:58 UTC 2015


On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:57:00PM +0100, Carsten Kunze wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> X does not start.  For the error message I get (Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices) there are many posts on https://forums.freebsd.org but this URL seems to not work currently.  Xorg log is (for dmesg see below):
> ....

I had a similar issue with my Dell M4800 until I entered BIOS
configuration (vi F12 key at boot), selected "Video," then disabled
"Switchable Graphics."

Peace,
david
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