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Re: newbie Xlib install/configure question



On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:32:35AM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote:
> I've been running a debian server for a while with no X11.  I access it from SSH on a MS Windows machine.  Now, I want to be able to use X11.  So, I installed xlibs (apt-get install xlibs).  It installed OK, but I can't run "startx".  I get the following:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: exec: /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute: No such file or directory
> giving up.
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  unexpected signal 2.
> 
> What have I done wrong?  Can I run X11 over an SSH connection from a MS Windows machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
Hi mark, I think you need to apt-get install x-windows-system-core
-Kev
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