On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 01:02:11 +0900, tomoya TAKAGI wrote: > Hello. > > X does not start on sid. > Does anyone know how to solve this problem, or which source should I refer to? > > == Situation == > I installed squeeze using netinst CD with minimal components, > then upgraded to sid modifying my apt-line from squeeze to unstable. > > After that, I installed X.org: > # aptitude install read-edid mdetect xorg twm xterm > > Installation succeeded. But X fails to start: > --------------------------8<-------------------------- > $ startx
[...] > X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1) > Release Date: 2009-5-8 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian > Current Operating System: Linux debian 2.6.29-2-686 #1 SMP Sun May 17 > 17:56:29 UTC 2009 i686 > Build Date: 14 May 2009 05:49:41PM > xorg-server 2:1.6.1.901-2 [...] > SELinux: Disabled on system, not enabling in X server > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols > > Ignoring extra symbols > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > Dropping master > ^C > waiting for X server to shut down > > xinit: unexpected signal 2. > --------------------------8<-------------------------- > > The screen is entirely black, and it shows nothing. > But I could return to console using [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F1]. > So my available choice was only to push ^C to abort. Go to one of the other consoles and check the status of twm (e.g. with "ps -ef | grep twm"). Also, are there any clues in ~/.xsession-errors? > Some of my configuration is as follows: > $ cat ~/.xsession > exec twm What happens if you just put "xterm" into that file (also try ~/.xinitrc instead)? [ snip: I did not notice anything unusual in your xorg.conf, your xorg log and your list of installed packages. ] > $ lspci | grep VGA > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated > Graphics Controller (rev 02) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
