On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 15:33 -0500, Paul Check wrote: > Ok, this is confirmed. I can now do vt switching. Updating > /usr/X11R6/bin/X to symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg seems to have solved > the problem (although I also installed the nvidia-glx package, but I > doubt this affected anything). > > It seems that the X -> Xorg symlink was removed many months ago...what's > the thinking there? Is it to encourage people to use Xorg directly?
/usr/X11R6/bin/X is the Xwrapper, which allows non-root users to start X manually (if configured accordingly by root). It will run the X server pointed to by /etc/X11/X. The fact that pointing /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the Xorg seems to have fixed your problem could mean either: * /etc/X11/X doesn't point to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg on your system. If so, you should fix this, as the next upgrade of xserver-common will restore the Xwrapper binary. * The Xwrapper is broken. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer