On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:20, Rob Wood wrote: > Chris, > I tried X -configure and x -configure but these would not run. That's strange, the link for X is in the Xtinybin.tar.gz archive. A couple of stab in the dark guesses suggest that you probably do not have your PATH environment set up correctly, or don't in fact have the X-11 server itself installed.
echo $PATH should include the directory: /usr/X11R6/bin If it does not you should add it. > Got the > message "command not found" I get the feeling that some of these > executables are not working for some reason. See above. > I can see the files startx* > and xf86config* but they won't do anything. ditto > The mass of stuff in the > xf86config file doesn't look anything like the screenshots in my manual, > which simply shows a tidy list of configuration options. The xf86config file you are looking at there is an executable program file. The '*' character after the file name tells us that. It will indeed look like a mass of indecipherable stuff when viewed in an editor. It is the original program used to set up the /etc/X11/XF86Config configuration file. These days it has been replaced by the -configure option available in the release 4 versions of the X-11 server, but you might find it useful. > I think I am getting close to success but there is some basic problem > somewhere. Don't forget that in Linux the case of a filename _is_ significant. xf86config and XF86Config are different files! Also the Xtinybin.tar.gz archive only contains a very cut-down set of utilities for adjusting the X-11 server's environment. Not the server itself. > Ross, > I don't have a xf86config -4 file on the system yet. (I don't think I have > got that far yet) so I couldn't try your suggestion. > > Nick, > You suggested a while ago that when my laptop fails to boot Ubuntu, I post > the boot up screen messages. Dmesg worked Ok except that it seemed to miss > out the bits with the problem. I think that when it manages to boot, the > error messages are not present, then when it won't boot the errors are > displayed but I can't get them just because it won't boot. I'll try and > write down the relevant bits next time. > The laptop is a Fujitsu-Siemens > Amilo Intel proc. 2.8GHz/256MB/20GB with XP as the supplied OS. Is this the machine on which you are trying to set up the X server you mention above? If so it is well able to run a full-sized, modern Linux distribution. Any of them would be suitable. There are many web-sites to help you make your decision as to which one to use. Ubuntu and Mepis both seem to be pretty good. A google search using 'linux laptop' has http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ as the top link. It's very useful. Also there is the lap-top HOWTO at:- http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO.html Another very useful site is:- http://www.tuxmobil.org/ > Is there some way to print the screen contents like the old > shift/print screen thing in DOS? Not normally, because all Unix commands can have their outputs redirected to a file. There is also the the 'script' command. This spawns a new shell and logs all screen activity to a file called typescript. You can then access the typescript as soon as you exit the script shell using the exit or logout commands, or indeed the CTRL-d keystroke. > I much appreciate all this help - Woodsey Thanks. You might like to consider coming to the next (mini)InstallFest or fixup evening. My apologies for the previous posting which I had only just started. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Kmail suddenly sent the mail for no obvious reason. Let's put it down to digital problems. :-) -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
