Re: X busted after 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade
Richard Harran wrote:
Isn't the X packages in cd 2?
>
> I'm not sure about this, but perhaps you should remove, rather than
> purge, the xbase package. This is what I did, and I did not get this
> problem. The difference between purging and removing is that removing
> leaves configuration files alone, so perhaps purging xbase removes
> config files necessary to run startx??
>
> This is just a guess.
> Rich
>
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >
> > On 06 Apr 1999q, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
> > >
> > > I upgraded (at least, with CD 1) from 2.0 -> 2.1 last night, and
> > > everything seemed to be fine. I quit dselect, fired up X, and while
> > > running X, looked at some notes I had made preparing for the upgrade.
> > >
> > > I purged xbase, since it's been claimed that it's no longer needed.
> > > Everything still ran fine. I powered things off for the night and went to
> > > bed. I got up this morning, powered up, logged on, and then:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > $ startx
> > >
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > > giving up.
> > > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X
> > > server
> > > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > What the heck? Did I jump the gun on removing xbase? Any idea what's up,
> > > or how to find what's up?
> > >
> >
> > Now that you say this, I realize I had just the same experience (twice, in
> > fact, on different machines). Something wrong with the install advice, I
> > think.
> >
> > Anthony
> >
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