Re: gdm fails after 3.1r2 desktop install
Can you run tasksel? That would be a painless way to get all the
packages you need.
The point of apt is to resolve dependencies, though, so if
xprt-xprintorg is really necessary for x-window-system, it should come
along for the ride. If your /etc/apt/sources.list file only has a CD
for its source, though, that could be a problem.
Can you send us the output of 'apt-get install x-window-system' ? That
would be helpful in solving your problem.
--John
Phil Hammond wrote:
> (My first attempt to install any Linux system so bear with me please!)
>
> I did what appeared to be a clean installation of 3.1r2, but on first
> startup gdm says:
>
> GDM: Xserver not found: /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth
> /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
> Error: Command could not be executed!
> Please install the X server or edit /etc/gem/gem.conf to point to the
> right place.
>
> and then
>
> I will disable this X server for now.
> Restart GDM when it is configured correctly.
>
> I seem not to be the only person to have this problem. The suggestion
> in a few other places has been to install x-window-system and
> x-server-common and (perhaps) x-window-system-core. But apt won't let
> me install x-window-system because it depends on a virtual (or dummy)
> package xprt-xprintorg.
>
> Is there a way to force an installation of x-window-system even
> without xprt-xprintorg? Or is that even going in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance-
> PH
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