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Re: XF86Config location



Tom Cook wrote:

> On  0, Hans Ekbrand <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 04:24:30PM +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have just installed Berlin (from unstable) on a woody box.  Now when
> > > I try to start x (with startx) I get this message:
> > >
> > > Could not find config file!
> > > - Tried:
> > > 	/etc/XF86Config
> > > 	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.jmelhuish
> > > 	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> > >
> > > Given that it tried these locations it is not suprising that it didn't
> > > find it, since it is /etc/X11/XF86Config.
> > >
> > > I have tried to apt-get --reinstall install and dpkg-reconfigure
> > > 	xserver-common
> > > 	xserver-svga
> > > 	xbase-clients
> > > 	xfree86-common
> > > 	xlibs
> >
> > X v4 uses /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >
> > The xserver-xfree86 package includes the new all-cards server, it
> > replaces the old xserver-svga.
>
> But I use X v3 still (mostly because I haven't gotten around to upgrading
> yet).

Well you are halfway there because xserver-common is an X4 package. The X3 
version is xserver-common-v3. Check the versions of all your X packages.

-- 
Simon Hepburn.


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