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Re: XFree86 installation problem



On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:36:34PM -0400, Jerry_Bash@spectral-sys.com wrote:
> It was really the first time I had used apt-get with an on line source,
> so I may have botched something there, but all seems to be working
> fine except XFree86 v4.1.  The problem with it is that when I try to start
> the xserver locally (with 'startx') I get an error message saying
> 
> "X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.
> giving up"
> 
> The file is not there, and I think it should be linked to something
> (in /usr/X11R6/bin ??) but I'm not sure what to link it to.
> 
> I have several files in /usr/X11R6/bin but I want to link to the
> correct one.  Is this dependent on the video hardware I have?  Any
> help is greatly appreciated.

This is not a user support list.

However...

Were you asked any debconf questions?

What happens if you run "dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86"?

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