[ale] XF86 on Debian

[Keith Hopkins]

Arafat Mohamed wrote:
> so i did an apt-get install xbase-clients :)
> 
> no I get
> <snip>
> arafat:~# startx
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or
> directory
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute: No such
> file or directory
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error.
> </snip>
> 
> and occasionally I'll get a message on the console "eth1: interrupt(s)
> dropped!"
> 
> Maybe I should stay away from testing till I'm more comfortable with debian?
> :)

Looks like you hit one of those backwards compatible deptartment of redundency department features.

Normally you have this (X-4.x, similar in X-3.x)....

hera:~ # ll /usr/bin/X11/X
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Feb  7 10:31 /usr/bin/X11/X -> /var/X11R6/bin/X
hera:~ # ll /var/X11R6/bin/X
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Feb  7 21:42 /var/X11R6/bin/X -> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86

a link to a link to the binary.  In 3.x, it isn't XFree86, but the accelerator specific binary.

So, create the links as needed.  Are you running X-4.x? (if not, why the heck not?)

If /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 is missing (still assuming X-4.x) then re-install / apt-get X itself.
-- 
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   Keith
     Jack of All Trades, Anarchist



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