Did you try to link the X server like this:
ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X
It will probably work (works for me).
On 14-Mar-2001 Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I recently changed from woody to unstable. Initially had some
> problems because some packages had been removed and others had not
> been installed. But by repeated use of apt-get -f now it seems OK.
> apt-get check gives no errors.
>
> However I have problems running Xwindows. I have an TVGA8900D card
> and I am using XF86_SVGA server. This was what I had been using
> successfully with woody. I ran xf86config and copied the clock lines
> from my previous XF86Config file to XF86Config-4. I also changed
> the driver from vga to "trident", following instructions in the
> documentation.
>
> When I type startx, I get:
>
> cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), abort.
>
> I discovered that there is no X file in /etc/X11, but there is one
> in /usr/bin/X11/ as well as /usr/X11R6/bin/ . According to the
> man page the X file should be a link. Now X is an actual file. So
> how does one tell the computer what server we need? There was a file
> called Xserver in /etc/X11. In that I indicated that the server was
> /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA.
>
> I now copied X to /etc/X11 and typed startx.
>
> Now I get: waiting for X server to begein accepting connections and
> it waits for ever.
>
>
> Lastly, I tried:
>
> xinit --/usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA
>
> Now the server appears to start, but I then get the fatal error
> message:
>
> xf86OpenConsole: server must be running with root permission. YOu
> should be using Xwrapper .....
>
> At this point, I am lost.
>
> Any hints about how to proceed from here?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Sebastian Canagaratna
> Department of Chemistry
> Ohio Northern University
> Ada, OH 45810
>
>
>
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