Re: X problem

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 00:07, Jean-Sébastien Rousseau-Piot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using kernel 2.2.19 on a Pismo and everything was ok (including X) 
> until I apt-get installed some new packages.
> 
> X refuse now to start and the reason seems a bit strange for me.
> 
> X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.
> xdm error (pid 236): server unexpectedly died
> xdm error (pid 236): Server for display :0 can't be started, session 
> disabled
> 
> 
> Normally, xinit should seek XF86Config not a file called X !!!
> 
> So I tried to rename my XF86Config as X
> 
> result:
> X: cannot read /etc/X11/X symbolic link (Invalid argument), aborting.
> xdm error (pid 234): server unexpectedly died
> xdm error (pid 234): Server for display :0 can't be started, session 
> disabled
> 
> The file /etc/X11/X is a copy of my XF86Config, not a symbolic link !!

/etc/X11/X is supposed to be a symbolic link to the default X server.
You can restore it to the XFree86 server with sudo ln -fs
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X .


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