I have done dpkg-reconfigure x11-common xserver-xorg-legacy and have chosen to let anyoone to connect.
But I fail to: startx resulting in: paul@debian:~$ startx X.Org X Server 1.20.9 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: GNU 0.9 i686-AT386 Debian Current Operating System: GNU debian 0.9 GNU-Mach 1.8+git20201007-486/Hurd-0.9 i686-AT386 Build Date: 24 September 2020 09:19:06AM xorg-server 2:1.20.9-2 (https://www.debian.org/support) Current version of pixman: 0.36.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. 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: Fri Oct 23 11:31:11 2020 (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error paul@debian:~$ I have tried to add a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/my.conf file with: paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/my.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddGPU" "true" Option "AutoAddDevices" "true" EndSection paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ In /var/log/Xorg.0.log: [1444270.486] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "true" [1444270.486] (**) Option "AutoAddGPU" "true" [1444270.486] (**) Automatically adding devices [1444270.486] (==) Not automatically enabling devices [1444270.486] (**) Automatically adding GPU devices ... paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep \(WW\) (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [1444270.496] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. [1444270.606] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev [1444270.616] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep \(EE\) (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [1444270.606] (EE) LoadModule: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object. [1444270.606] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (invalid module, 0) [1444270.606] (EE) LoadModule: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object. [1444270.606] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (invalid module, 0) [1444270.626] (EE) VESA(0): Cannot read int vect paul@debian:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d$ Any idea what is wrong?