Re: Problems Starting X - no server "X" in path /usr/X11R6/bin
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:09:34PM +0000, Ben Hill wrote:
> I have set up Debian 3.0 rev0 and apt'd Gnome 2 onto it. It has set
> everything up, but when gdm tries to run it complains. I have tried a
> manual "startx", but then I get an error message:
>
> <snip>
> xinit: <snip> no server "X" in path
> <snip>
>
> and instructs me to make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is on the path. When I type
> a echo $PATH, the path does not contain /usr/X11R6/bin and the startx
> and xinit path from the which command are not running from this directory.
>
> I have then done an:
>
> export PATH=<some dirs such as /usr/sbin>:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> and a "which" tells me that startx and xinit are from the right path now.
>
> However, running startx gleans the same message as before...
>
> I am a bit stumped, so could anyone help??
If you type in "which X", my guess is that nothing will come up. Have
you installed your xserver yet? If not,
"apt-get install xserver-xfree86" should probably help with your system.
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Seneca
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