Seth, I ran into this problem. As a workaround,I linked /usr/X11R/bin/X to that one specified in the error message. Then, I edited /etc/X11/Xserver to be "Anybody" instead of "console." This is grossly insecure. Has anyone else have this problem?
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Seth Arnold wrote: |Branden, my roommate is having trouble with the 4.0.1-6 upgrade. He |started out with a previous 4.0.1-x release, likely -3, -4 or -5. The |error message returned is that the postinst failed. We have received two |different error messages -- exit status 1 and exit status 5. | |Running startx as a user gives this: |var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. |var: nice_value, value: . |X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. |giving up. |xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server |xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error. | |His dialog and debconf are up to date. (Making the /etc/X11/X symlink |ourselves did not make matters better. :) | |We have tried dpkg-reconfigure debconf, selecting dialog and medium |severity, do not ask questions multiple times. This would not allow us |to progess any further with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-free86. Trying |dpkg-reconfigure debconf, selecting dialog, low severity, ask questions |multiple times, we get prompted with the ``hello new users, /etc/X11, |hit <enter>'' screen when running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but |then the script dies, error status 1. | |At no time can we run dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 because the |xserver-xfree86 package is not completely installed. (Yes, we were a bit |confused.) | |Changing the /etc/alternatives/perl to point to perl5.00503 (from |perl5.6.0) did not improve the situation. It got much worse in a real |hurry. | |Sadly, we cannot help diagnose the problem much, as we are going on |thanksgiving break Real Soon Now. :-/ | |If you have any suggestions, that would be fine. My best guess is that |deleting and reinstalling may be required, but .. bed time calls. :) | |Thanks Branden! :) | | -- ** Derek J Witt ** * Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Home Page: http://www.flinthills.com/~djw/ * *** "Houston, the Eagle has landed and laid an egg!" -- Unknown **
