On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:09:34PM +0000, Ben Hill wrote: > I have set up Debian 3.0 rev0 and apt'd Gnome 2 onto it. It has set > everything up, but when gdm tries to run it complains. I have tried a > manual "startx", but then I get an error message: > > <snip> > xinit: <snip> no server "X" in path > <snip> > > and instructs me to make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is on the path. When I type > a echo $PATH, the path does not contain /usr/X11R6/bin and the startx > and xinit path from the which command are not running from this directory. > > I have then done an: > > export PATH=<some dirs such as /usr/sbin>:/usr/X11R6/bin > > and a "which" tells me that startx and xinit are from the right path now. > > However, running startx gleans the same message as before... > > I am a bit stumped, so could anyone help??
If you type in "which X", my guess is that nothing will come up. Have you installed your xserver yet? If not, "apt-get install xserver-xfree86" should probably help with your system. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
