Re: Help a Newbie Config XWindows
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:04:27PM -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> I am a newbie when it comes to Debian linux (installed a dual-boot
> system with Mac OS X), but I thought I knew a thing or two about
> XWindows, since I had XFree86 running on the Mac side. The Linux
> version is much more difficult to configure.
>
> When debian boots, it says it cannot start XWindows, because it cannot
> find file "X" in /usr/X11R6/bin -- sure enough, it's not there. The
> XFree86 manual says my xstart script should point to XF86_SVGA, but
> there is no such critter on my system.
Looks like you need to install the xserver-xfree86 package. You might
like to install the x-window-system metapackage to make sure you've got
a reasonably complete XFree86 installation.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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