> you're missing /usr/bin/X? Yes, it appears so: aschuring@neminis:~$ file /usr/bin/X /usr/bin/X: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/bin/X' (No such file or directory) aschuring@neminis:~$ apt-file search /usr/bin/X | grep -w X xserver-xorg: /usr/bin/X But that shouldn't really be surprising given that xserver-xorg is not installed. Like I said, reinstalling xserver-xorg does not help, at least not by itself.