disregard, i fixed it by updating the x packages from the debian site, Xsun24 server works now, learned a lot about apt, apt-get and dselect in the process....
Donald Knecht wrote: > > i've just wiped SuSE 7.3 from my ss20 and installed > potato...(my first time w/ debian)..can't get x working with Xsun24 > server, > looking through the lists archives, it seems others have > run into this problem, but i can't find a solution..... > one gentleman who had this problem gave up and installed > woody, i'm on a dial-up and would rather not have to download > a lot of upgrade stuff, so i'm hoping someone can help. > > the error message i get when i try to run "startx" is: > > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > sunMouseProc ioctl VUIDGFORMAT: Invalid argument > > Fatal server error: > failed to initialize Core devices > > X connection to:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) > > i agree with previous posts on the subject, that the PEX stuff isn't > fatal, > is the mouse thing? i have a optical mouse plugged into a type 5 > keyboard.... > i have made sure that gpm is not installed and the daemon is not > running. > > TIA, > don > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
