On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:04:27PM -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote: > I am a newbie when it comes to Debian linux (installed a dual-boot > system with Mac OS X), but I thought I knew a thing or two about > XWindows, since I had XFree86 running on the Mac side. The Linux > version is much more difficult to configure. > > When debian boots, it says it cannot start XWindows, because it cannot > find file "X" in /usr/X11R6/bin -- sure enough, it's not there. The > XFree86 manual says my xstart script should point to XF86_SVGA, but > there is no such critter on my system.
Looks like you need to install the xserver-xfree86 package. You might like to install the x-window-system metapackage to make sure you've got a reasonably complete XFree86 installation. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
