In a message dated 00-12-30 22:08:36 EST, you write: << apt-get reports xserver-common is already the newest version. > > Well, the newest version doesn't work. On startx, I get the errno=111 > error message; and then after that > > xinit: No such process (errno3): server error You've tried to configure your server first with, say, XF86Setup (for XFree86 v3, not sure for v4)? > Really, newbie is stuck, Stuck, STUCK. TiA for clues. > > dave > > PS: I have tried to get a more verbose error message, but maybe I don't > know how to do it right. startx -- 2>&1 | tee startx.log ...copy this to your Legacy MS Windows system somehow (network or msdos formatted floppy), and include it in your AOL (ugh! ;-) mail message. >> ? Progress?
startx still doesn't produce much output, but I find XF86_W32 in usr/bin folder. Lots of output. Can't copy to you yet, because <mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy) says device is not a valid block device. Good grief. That's the only way I can think to bring it over to AOL. Anyway, log complains about my Hsync rate and deletes all modes. I found the XF86Config file in usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ and tried to edit it with vi. Failed. :i used to let me insert text (I thought), but not today for some reason. Will get rid of AOL when I complete my migration to Linux in the next few ?days, ??weeks, ???months, ????years. I've already been trying a long time. Happy New Year, and thanks for your help. dave
