Re: Bug#452897: /etc/X11/X points to /bin/true on a clean sid install.
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote:
> Installing a base Etch system (just the base, no X or fancy stuff),
> migrating to Sid, and then apt-get installing xorg will install X
> succesfully but will make it useless because of /etc/X11/X pointing
> to /bin/true. GDM will fail showing an empty log. X will exit without
> any output ('true' is not really verbose). xinit and startx will fail
> with misterious errors like "server error" or "connection timed out".
>
> Calling Xorg directly on the console works fine. The problem can be
> fixed by linking /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/Xorg.
FYI, https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163806
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Loïc Minier
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