* Andrew Kae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-07-09 04:50): > Hi, > > I'm kinda digging up this thread from april becuause i'm having the > same problem and there didn't seem to be a definite answer to the > thread. > > I've been using xfree86-common 3.35 then decided to update to the > testing-distribution and now i have xfree86-common 4.something > > When I tried startx i got: > > $ startx > > Can't stat /etc/X11/X (cuz it doesn't exist) > > ok, i tried making a link from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 > > then i got another error message, something about wrapping back to > /etc/X11. > > I'm sorry i don't remember the exact message, i'm writing this from > windows 98. > > then i tried copying /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 > > then got another error message. > > From the previous thread in April, it seemed the only way to fix this > problem was to downgrade the packages. I'm hoping that by now, some > fix has been discovered?
Actually, AFAIR the solution all along was to just link /etc/X11/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86. Fixed it when I upgraded :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
