localhost ~ # aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Device section is required. Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Screen section is required. aticonfig: Parsing the configuration file failed. The above error messages are reported from XFree86 and may assist you in diagnosing the problem with your configuration input file. Try use -f option to generate a new configuration file. localhost ~ # aticonfig -f --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Device section is required. Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Screen section is required. Uninitialised file found, configuring. Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Device section is required. Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Screen section is required. Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0 localhost ~ # And this is the Xorg after second try with -f. (before it was empty) Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "aticonfig-Layout[all]" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0 EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]" Driver "fglrx" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection ========================================= and still output is the same when starting X: localhost / # startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.25651 X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 #1 SMP Mon Nov 19 05: 21:43 EET 2007 i686 Build Date: 19 November 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Nov 19 21:58:38 2007 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. localhost / #