on 9/4/01 8:49 AM, Colin Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> - Finally X windows won't start up. Period. It has nothing to do >> with kernel 2.4.8. It has been like that even since I did the update >> to woody. If I enter the command startx, it tells me that it can't >> stat /etc/X11/X. > > Hm, strange. Do you have the `xserver-xfree86' package installed?
No, I didn't. Thanks for pointing that problem to me. How come was I able to install xfree86 with out being warn about not selecting xserver? Does that mean that I need to select the individual xfree86 packages manually? This would be really hard to remember all the names of various packages if it was the case. I probably misunderstood something. When I do apt-get install xserver-xfree86, I get a nasty string during installation that shows in the dialog next to ok, stating that 'Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim/exim.conf'. I think that I read this in another message. Not sure what is causing it. I got my XF86Config-4 file from someone who's got the same iBook 2001. When I do a startx, the error message I get is: no screens found. The log stated that Screen(s) found but none have a usable configuration (!) I checked that my screen was set correctly for this machine and it seems like it. FYI, I run the xfree86 from Woody (4.0.3). Has anyone with a similar machine ran into that problem? Do you have any more suggestions? Thanks for your help in advance. Laurent
