> Dear reader > > I just ran dselect and tried to install xserver-vga1. I downloaded the current version of Linux (Debian 1.3) about a week ago. During the first installation of xserver-vga1 the system asked me for configuration information. I replied yes. This is the error printout: > > Not all of the configuration and application default files are installed. The file /usr/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc is missing Sounds like a dependency problem... this might be a bug. If you can figure out why, please report it. > The XFConfig file was not created. > To create it latter, run /usr/sbin/xbase-cconfigure as root. > > Consequently, I unselected xserver-vga1 and its' accompanying files and removed them from my system using dselect. Next, I tried to install them again. This time there was no xserver configuration problem. It was nice to see the GUI for the couple of minutes during configuration. I clicked done and tried to logon in another tty session (tty3) while dselect was finishing up. The system hung. After about four or five minutes of inactivity I gave it the vulcan pinch. The warm boot worked fine. System issued TERM and KILL commands. > Now when I try to boot my machine, everything goes well until it gets to the login prompt. It does not get any further. HELP! Do I have to reinstall the whole system again? Should I try installing xserver-vga1 (current version) once more? I see someone else also had a similar problem with X windows. Any advice? Is it dying when xdm tries to load? Maybe you can just switch to a regular console using Alt-F1. If not, use your rescue disk (the first installation floppy) to boot your system, mount your hard drive, and modify /etc/init.d/xdm so that it doesn't start up. Then I'd purge all your existing X packages and try again. Cheers, - Jim
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