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When I try to issue the startx command in Arch Linux in Virtualbox, it gives me the DREADED "Fatal error: no screens found". How to fix?

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A little more information about your setup and what you have tried would be useful... – jasonwryan Nov 24 '12 at 19:20
Have you installed all relevant packages? xorg-server, xorg-xauth, xorg-xinit, and an appropriate graphics driver at the least, and probably others. – Kevin Nov 24 '12 at 19:25
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Check the X log file (often /var/log/Xorg*.log). Basically you are looking for a line containing (EE). If possible attach it here (at least those lines). – peterph Nov 24 '12 at 19:45

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Try configure it first, as root, do:

X -configure

This would normally create a simple xorg.conf.new, and you could copy it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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