Re: X Broken

[<tallison@tacocat.net>]

> on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:57:41AM -0800, Mark Healey
> (deblist@healeyonline.com) wrote:
>> My X won't work with the default installation.  When I boot it tries
>> to start it and after several attempts I get a message telling me to
>> look at the log followed by one asking if I want to try automatic
>> configuration.  I did that and nothing changed.
>>
>> Someone Suggested that I boot knoppix and copy /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>> from there to my hd and reboot.  I did that.  X started but with no
>> mouse movement.  Just a cursor.
>>
>> Here's the log, followed by the config file.  My hardware is listed in
>> my .sig.
>
> Try:
>
>     dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> In Knoppix:  copy the XF86Config-4 file it uses, and diff it against
> your own.
>

Also, check /var/log/syslog and ~/.xsession-errors.

I have a problem where I am unable to create a temp directory (mktemp ->
Permission Denied) and had to fix it by tweaking the /tmp permissions.

I didn't find this until I checked the ~/.xsession-errors

but I could run as root...