X won't startx on Etch (was: Etch won't install to /dev/hdax)
Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
> I've just bought 6 DVD's (sources and binaries) of Debian Etch Official, but
> don't manage to install the GRUB boot loader [...]
I tried to work the problem out this way: I installed the Sarge base system,
then with `apt-cdrom add' I added the 6 Etch DVD's to sources.list, then did
'apt-get update' and then `apt-get dist-upgrade'. Do you Debian users think
it's all right?
But now, X won't start. I installed x-window-system and gnome, but when I do:
`$ startx' I get the error message:
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xauth: creating new authority file /home/rodolfo/.serverauth.1158
X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686
Current Operating System: Linux hda7-hyundai 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686
Build Date: 16 March 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Oct 5 16:14:43 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
No such device.
(EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
No core pointer
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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. I'm not expert enough to know what to do now. I tried with:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
, but nothing happens. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rodolfo
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