Re: Getting startx to run

[David Wright <D.Wright@open.ac.uk>]

On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, David S. Jackson wrote:

> Thus spake David S. Jackson (dsj@dsj.net):
> 
> > I seem to be having the same problem as you are with my new 2.0
> > distrib.  I know it's not too fruitful to receive another "I have that
> > problem too" response, but perhaps we could colaborate until someone
> > with a definite fix answers on the list.
> 
> It turns out that my problem was that my /etc/X11/Xserver file was
> pointing to the wrong Xserver!  That fixed it for me.  Evidently, this
> file doesn't get created dynamically I guess.  I had to edit it by
> hand.  :-)

You shouldn't have to. When an xserver is installed, you should be asked:

  echo -n "No default X server previously set, or previous default has 
been "
  echo "removed."
  echo -n "Do you want to make the $xserver X server the default? (y/n) 
[y] "
  default=y

when no xserver was present, or:

    echo "Current default X server $oldxserver found."
    echo -n "Do you want to make $xserver the default instead? (y/n) [n] "
    default=n

I guess it's easy to get caught out by the default "no" in the latter case
if the reason you're installing another xserver is because your first
selection was wrong. (Or if you were to select several xservers at the 
same time because you weren't sure which you needed.)

Cheers,

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