Phil Mullane wrote: > Here is some more feedback when I try to get things running. > > When I am at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and input konqueror, I get: > > konqueror: cannot connect to X server > > when I input mozilla-firefox, I get: > > (firefox-bin:4969); Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > when I input evolution, I get: > > cannot open display:
This part is understandable. You cannot run programs that require the Xwindows graphical interface unless Xwindows is running. In a previous post, you said > Until this morning my installation of sidux worked fine. Then I ran into a > problem I've had before (sometimes) with openSUSE, but never with sidux--or > any debian-type distro. I never figured out how to get past it in SUSE, but > wasn't that concerned because I'm not really that crazy about SUSE. I love > my sidux installation and would like to be able to keep it instead of > starting over. The standard question here, is what changed immediately before it stopped working. Any hardware change? Any system updates? If you've seen this problem before, maybe you can think of some commonality to mention? Even if it doesn't seem significant, it might be a clue. In another post, you said > I have tried startx both as user and as root and all I get is: > > bash: startx: command not found. This is a pretty strong clue! How long ago did you install the current system? Presumably it has been shutdown (powered off) and restarted from cold boot (probably many times) since install -- is that right? Try running (note cap S) dpkg -S startx you should get something like xinit: /usr/share/man/man1/startx.1x.gz xinit: /usr/bin/startx maybe try (note lowercase s) dpkg -s xinit you should get Package: xinit Status: install ok installed ... I suspect you will get something different, possibly even dpkg: command not found. If you can extract 100 lines or so starting from the _latest_ line containing "restart" (something like "..syslogd ... restart.") in /var/log/messages and post that, it might help. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
