I believe I am experiencing the same problem as is outlined in this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-hurd@lists.debian.org/msg19397.html At first I thought it was a problem with X, but now I'm beginning to think it has to do with xinit. I have tried running 'startx' from the hurd console with and without an .xinitrc, and with and without an .xsession file. I have tried as root and as a normal user. In all cases the outcome is the same. I almost immediately go into graphical mode and see the weave background and X cursor. However, no other programs load. I even added a line to my .xinitrc at one point to echo some text to a file in my home dir. The file was never created. After several minutes (less than fifteen), xinit gives up and issues this error: xinit: Operation not supported (errno 1073741869): unable to connect to X server I then tried running xinit itself, without any parameters (which will supposedly start X and then run an xterm). It also loads the weave background, but nothing else starts. # dpkg -l xserver-xorg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+18 the X.Org X server # dpkg -l xinit Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii xinit 1.0.9-2 X server initialisation tool What are some other things I should try, or debugging I should try to collect? -kolibrie
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