ATI x1400 xserver fails to start

[Josh T]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-vesa

I have a Dell Inspiron e1505 with a ATI x1400 graphics card. I tried to load 8.04 Alpha 2 in live cd mode, it did not load, it said there was an error starting the xserver. Here is the information I got back by looking at the error after the xserver failed:

/etc/gdm/failsafeXServer: line 47: [: too many arguments Warning: Could not retrieve EDID because get-edid is not installed (1): error: this program does not know how to configure the "10 shared/default-x-server doesn't exist" X server Warning: Could not generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe for vesa driver