Re: Can't start X Windows
"Bryan K. Walton" wrote:
>
> I have installed Debian 2.1 off of an official CD. I chose the devel_comp
> package of software and everything installed. But when I type "startx" or
> "xinit" at the shell prompt, I get an error message informing me of a
> fatal server error. Specifically, it says that there wasn't a config file
> found! It tried looking in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.home
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
>
> but didn't find anything. I thought that maybe the file had not installed
> but couldn't find it in dselect. Can someone give me some ideas on
> what is happening here and how I can get X-Windows running?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Walton
The file on Debian systems is usually in /etc/X11, as per the
first location listed above. During the install of Debian, you
may or may not have been asked if you want to create the X
configuration file; if for some reason that wasn't completed, the
file won't be there.
You can create one by running either xf86config or XF86Setup
(notice the capitalization) or by simply creating it by hand (not
recommended, especially by newbies, although editing by hand is
perfectly reasonable). xf86config is text-based, whereas
XF86Setup is a graphical setup and may feel a bit more
comfortable, expecially if you're coming from a Windows world. If
you don't get a workable file from one method, try the other.
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