On Monday 17 December 2001 11:40, W. Paul Mills wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hello all, > > > > Frustrated. Original running woody now sid trying to > > resolve this issue. I am hoping that one of you has > > crossed this bridge and are able to help! > > > > xf86config runs without snag... but when > > 'startx' -> fails, b/c no /usr/bin/X11/X > > > > My understanding is that X should be a symlink to a > > valid X server (e.g. /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA). > > # ls -d /usr/bin/X11/X* > > Xmark > > You should also have: > > X (Wrapper application that calls the X server) > XF86_SVGA (or other X server) > > Years ago, my old slackware used a symlink from the server to X. > Debian has used a wrapper application for security reasons as I > understand it. Looks to me like you need to reinstall x-server- > common and x-server-svga (or whatever the current package names > are).
Not here: $ which X /usr/bin/X11/X $ file /usr/bin/X11/X /usr/bin/X11/X: setuid setgid ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped If it's sid or woody, it's likely to be XFree86 4.x You can make XFree 4 run the old way, using x-server-whatever. The new way is to get the all-in-one wonder xserver-xfree86: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 -- Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
