Re: X configuration

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Angus Leeming wrote:

>I've been running a Debian unstable box for a couple of years, but only
>today have I tried to start the X server. I find that `startx` is failing
>with the following message in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>
>could not open default cursor font 'cursor';
>  
>

Have you tried the suggestion at the bottom of the log file?

> People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the
> "x-window-system" or "x-window-system-core" packages installed.
> # apt-get install x-window-system-core
> # apt-get install x-window-system


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