Re: can't start x after woody upgrade
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 08:45:19PM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote:
> I know that this has been covered recently, or at least I think it has, but
> I was not able to find it in the archives after 2 hours of reading
> (probably just couldn't find the right thread). I went from 2.2r3 to 2.2r5
> to Woody, and installed Xfree86 4.1.0-14 after going to Woody (no x before
> that). startx doesn't seem to be on the box. I'm thinking that I'm missing
> a package, but if I am, I don't know what one. A pointer to either would be
> appreciated if someone knows what I'm missing. Here is what I have:
>
>
> Storm:/home/rattis# dpkg -l | grep -i x
> ii console-common 0.7.13 Basic infrastructure for text console config
> ii console-tools 0.2.3-23.3 Linux console and font utilities.
> ii console-tools- 0.2.3-23.3 Shared libraries for Linux console and font
> ii kernel-image-2 2.2.19-4potato Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.19
> ii libnewt0 0.50.17-9 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text mode win
> ii libxaw6 4.1.0-14 X Athena widget set library (version 6)
> ii libxaw7 4.1.0-14 X Athena widget set library
> ii libxml1 1.8.17-2 GNOME XML library
> ii libxml2 2.4.16-2 GNOME XML library
> ii nvidia-glx-src 1.0.2313-2 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
> ii xchat-common 1.8.7-2 Common files for X-Chat
> ii xfonts-100dpi 4.1.0-14 100 dpi fonts for X
> ii xfonts-75dpi 4.1.0-14 75 dpi fonts for X
> ii xfonts-base 4.1.0-14 standard fonts for X
> ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-14 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
> ii xlib6g 4.1.0-14 pseudopackage providing X libraries
> ii xlibmesa3 4.1.0-14 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library
> ii xlibs 4.1.0-14 X Window System client libraries
> ii xserver-common 4.1.0-14 files and utilities common to all X servers
> ii xserver-xfree8 4.1.0-14 the XFree86 X server
> ii xutils 4.1.0-14 X Window System utility programs
> ii xviddetect 0.3-4 XFree86 installation helper
> Storm:/home/rattis#
>
> I did take things like x-chat and man page entries out of this list.
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
Try installing x-window-system from testing. That worked for me. You will
also want to remove task-x-window-system.
Art Edwards
>
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