[ale] XF86 on Debian

[Arafat Mohamed]

<snip>
root:/# startx
sh: startx: command not found
</snip>

All other files seem to be there, but the actual command startx isn't :( I
tried a locate startx with no results.

<snip>
root:/# sh -x startx
startx: startx: No such file or directory
</snip>

The funny thing is, I was in X when I did the apt-get bbkeys. I stayed in X
for a while doing other stuff. I then exited X. When I tried to restart
that's when I got this problem :(

Thanks,
Arafat

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Hopkins [mailto:hne at hopnet.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:02 PM
> To: Arafat Mohamed
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] XF86 on Debian
>
>
> Arafat Mohamed wrote:
> > I had X running fine with blackbox. I then decided that I couldn't live
> > without bbkeys, so I pointed my sources to testing and
> downloaded bbkeys.
> > Now when I try startx I get a command not found.
> >
> > Anyone know what I might have broken and how to fix it?
> >
>
> First important question is: is it "startx" that is not found, or
> something called by startx?
>
> If you see something like this:
>
> keithh at hera:~> startx
> bash: startx: command not found
> ------^^^^^^ What does it say right here?
>
> If "startx" really is missing, check to see if it is still on
> your system, or whether you have clobbered the file, the file
> permissions or your PATH.
>
> startx should be here, and have these permissions:
> keithh at hera:~> ll /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5323 Sep 24 04:11
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
>
> Often, symbolic links also exist at /usr/bin/X11/startx and
> /usr/X11/bin/startx.
>
>
> If the command that is not found is NOT "startx", what is it?
>
> You might gain some insight by running "sh -x startx"
>
> --
> Lost in Tokyo,
>    Keith
>      Jack of All Trades, Anarchist
>


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