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Re: Bug#345454: xserver-xorg: Upgrade to 6.9.0 broke vt switching



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.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
Libre software enthusiast    |   http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer



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