If XFree86 -version does not work, I suspect you don't have a functioning X 4.x.x installed. Either you have an older distro from before X4.x.x or something happened to your setup Lionel --- Steve Tabler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I found the message right after I responded to Ani. I will re-visit > the soft links and see...I may have been doing something wrong. It kept > giving me an error message. > > Regarding the -version.... When I was uanble to get XFree86 -version to > work, I tried X -version, and I still got several screenfuls of stuff. I > think the reason is because of some things I've done and haven't gotten > reversed yet. I'll try to clean some things up and see what it gets me > before I revert to another HD wipe. > > Thank you! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Wraith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Newbie]which X? > > > > > > I wondered if you caught my post about checking what /etc/X11/X is linked > to? I > > believe if you have installed version 4, all you need to do is redo the > soft > > link to /etc/X11/X. > > > > If you do ls -l /etc/X11/X, it should be currently soft linked to a > version > > three server, but if you just change the link to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86, > i.e. > > > > cd /etc/X11 > > rm X > > ln /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X > > > > you will find startx will now work with version 4. Also do X -version, not > > XFree86 -version to check which version you have. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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