Re: X 4.0 Upgrade /etc/X11/X ?
Terry Hancock wrote:
>
> Well, I needed a bunch of library packages from the
> unstable (Woody) release, so I tried using apt-get
> to do it, and it decided I needed to upgrade the X
> packages as well. So okay, I wanted 4.0 anyway, but
> here's the problem (after eliminating some intervening
> steps):
>
> $ X > /tmp/x.out 2>&1
> X: Cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory),
> aborting
>
> (This test was recommended by the Xfree86 HOWTO -- the
> same thing happens with startx, and xdm, while it
> doesn't visibly complain, also doesn't work -- no
> errors, but no visible effects either, after a few
> minutes it shuts down again).
>
> Indeed, there is no /etc/X11/X, but I don't know what
> should be there. Is it a symlink? If so, to what?
it's a symlink (see other posts), you might need to install
xserver-xfree86
erik
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