Re: xfce, can't open display
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:39:09PM +0200, Daniel Laska wrote:
> Hi!
> As a debian-beginner i managed to confuse my system!
> I did this: As I wanted to use xfce, i typed: apt-get update with woody (i once had potato).
> Then i installed xfce with apt-get install xfce
> As this didn't work and i could not run kde or gnome anymore, i decided to apt-get dist-upgrade.
> Now, when typing startx, i get: command not found.
> When typing startxfce, i get: XFWM message (main type): Error = can't open display.
> Does anyone know a way to get it work again?
This is xfce telling you X isn'y running so it can't find a X server to
display on,
It's sound to me like somewhere along the line you've lost your X installation
try reinstalling X
Cheers
Joel
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