Incase you run Linux and you come across this error like No screen found , then you would need to edit your xorg.conf . Fortunately there is an easier way by just answering a few questions.This error is noticed, when your linux machine's GUI doesnt load up.Instead you are faced with a terminal sort of screen, which is indeed the terminal after you login.Then once you type startx you see the error NO screen Found.Well there could be many reasons , Either something went wrong with the xorg.conf or you may have installed a new Graphics Card etc etc ..Incase you have installed a new graphics card, then there's nothing to worry as it is a common thing, once you edit the xorg.conf and tell it that you have THIS video card then everything would be sorted out.So here's how you do it :

Step 1 : Boot your Linux machine
Step 2 : Grub would start loading the linux distro
Step 3 : Then you are faced with the command line which asks for your username
Step 4 : Then enter your system username and password
Step 5 : Then Type startx .If this works, and doesnt give any error, then everything's fine , you dont need to edit xorg.conf .If the GUI still doesnt load, follow the next step ( step 6 )
Step 6 : Then type sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Step 7 : Allow the setup to automatically recognize your card, leave most of the other settings to default.
Step 8 : Once done with that , you should be brought back to the command line
Step 9 : Now, just type startx
Step 10 : Your, GUI should load now , without any trouble!!!

8 comments

Syed Badruzzaman said... @ July 22, 2009 at 1:13 AM

hi Prashanth, i've followed your methods, all seems fine, but after running through sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg i tried to start X with the command startx as you mentioned, but seems it's still not working...

Syed Badruzzaman said... @ July 22, 2009 at 3:11 AM

actually, i just did command: fixvesa and it worked, thanks any way prashanth :)

Prash Babu said... @ July 22, 2009 at 7:19 AM

Glad it worked!!

Anonymous said... @ October 26, 2011 at 5:16 AM

-1 dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
+1 fixvesa

Anonymous said... @ November 23, 2011 at 5:54 PM

more than 30 hours and millions of posts.. yours finally did it! THANK YOU.

Anonymous said... @ February 15, 2013 at 3:58 PM

Guys i had the same problem with a lenovo Y450 it took me like 8 hrs to fix it and search almost every single thread. This is what i did since none of the above answers worked for me

I modified this to enable brightness control

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

I added this line

"RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"

after rebooting i got the error of no display found.

1- Boot ubuntu in recovery mode
2- Select resume normal boot
(it will tell u that no display was found so after that type in the command line
3- sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
3.5- it may ask u for login name and password so input those too
4- delete the section that u added (in my case was the lines i added to the device section)
5- Press Ctrl+O to save press enter
6- Ctrl+X to exit nano editor
7- Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart

Thats how i fixed my problem on lenovo y450 "no display detected" Hope it help to others =)

Anonymous said... @ February 15, 2013 at 4:04 PM

My bad i forgot to add one step lol and more info

My GPU is Nvidia G110M
and for the extra step

2.5- type nvidia-xconfig to see whats wrong in your driver file then go to step 3

couponcenter said... @ March 6, 2013 at 2:09 AM

Great explanation regarding to "no screen found" error.Thanks for share with us.

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