Re: X

[John Bagdanoff <bagdanof@home.com>]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:58:40AM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> My X will not start neither with xdm nor startx.
> Here is the output from 
> X -probeonly 2>x
> I have not configured X again after this weeks upgrades,
> should I?
> 
> This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
> way.  Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
> to fixes@XFree86.Org.  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
> please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
> (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.0.1e / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
> Release Date: 6 November 2000
> 	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> 	newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> 	reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF] 
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 25 11:54:30 2000
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> Parse warning on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
> 	Ignoring obsolete keyword "LeftAlt".
> Parse error on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
> 	"Meta" is not a valid keyword in this section.
> (EE) Problem parsing the config file
> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> Please report problems to submit@bugs.debian.org.
> 


See if you have xserver-xfree86 installed.

If not, then:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86

Then run dexter

just another newbie
john
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