Re: Xwoes continue: tried to apt-get install xserver-common, but...
In a message dated 00-12-30 22:08:36 EST, you write:
<< apt-get reports xserver-common is already the newest version.
>
> Well, the newest version doesn't work. On startx, I get the errno=111
> error message; and then after that
>
> xinit: No such process (errno3): server error
You've tried to configure your server first with, say, XF86Setup (for
XFree86 v3, not sure for v4)?
> Really, newbie is stuck, Stuck, STUCK. TiA for clues.
>
> dave
>
> PS: I have tried to get a more verbose error message, but maybe I don't
> know how to do it right.
startx -- 2>&1 | tee startx.log
...copy this to your Legacy MS Windows system somehow (network or
msdos formatted floppy), and include it in your AOL (ugh! ;-) mail
message.
>>
? Progress?
startx still doesn't produce much output, but I find XF86_W32 in usr/bin
folder. Lots of output. Can't copy to you yet, because <mount -t msdos
/dev/fd0 /floppy) says device is not a valid block device. Good grief.
That's the only way I can think to bring it over to AOL. Anyway,
log complains about my Hsync rate and deletes all modes. I found
the XF86Config file in usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ and tried to edit it with
vi. Failed. :i used to let me insert text (I thought), but not today for
some reason.
Will get rid of AOL when I complete my migration to Linux in the next
few ?days, ??weeks, ???months, ????years. I've already been trying
a long time.
Happy New Year, and thanks for your help.
dave
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