Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, wix@eskimo.com wrote:

> Greetings;
>
> Before I do the Windows thing of a complete reinwtall of
> the system for the fourth time, can anybody tell me how to
> do this?
>
> There is something wrong and the xserver won't come up.
>
> All it says is "I cannot start the X server" and some other
> general stuff. I have tried running dpkg-reconfigure xfree86
> several times but somthing is not getting completely reset
> because I still have the same problem.
>
> I also tried doing a --forcereinstall with apt-get and that
> didn't do the trick either.
>
> Anybody know how to force a full reinstall?
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis


check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors? That will problably give you a good 
idea of what having problem


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