S3 versus S3V
Hello, This is my problem: When I try to start xwindows( for the very first time) I get exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V failed OK, not a problem. My server is XF86_S3. Now, I read this in a help section Setting up the correct default server The default server name is usr/X11R6/bin/X. This is a link to a specific server binary XF86_xxx, located in /usr/X11R6/bin. You should check which server the X link is connected to. If it is not correct, remove it and make a new link to use the correct binary Well that sounds good to meHow do I do that? Also I read about linking the file /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server I am using but that doesn't seem to work. I type ln --sf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xf86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X But Nothing works What to Do? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: S3 versus S3V
Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also I read about linking the file /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server I am using but that doesn't seem to work. I type ln --sf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xf86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X You probably want the command ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X instead. Note capitalization of `f', number of dashes. -- Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: S3 versus S3V
On 04 Nov 1997 23:56:23 EST Ben Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also I read about linking the file /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server I am using but that doesn't seem to work. I type ln --sf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xf86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X You probably want the command ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X instead. Note capitalization of `f', number of dashes. ...but you probably don't want to do that either. /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a wrapper for debian which calls the correct X server. The correct X server is stored in the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver. The wrapper is setuid root and will open the privileged resources and then drop privileges before exec()ing the real X server. The doc you read is for the standard XFree86 release and should be fixed (you might want to open a bug for that matter). If you already did the symbolic link (and removed the wrapper), just reinstall xbase. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: S3 versus S3V
Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V failed OK, not a problem. My server is XF86_S3. Now, I read this in a help section Setting up the correct default server Debian doesn't set up the X server this way. Try reinstalling the X server (maybe xbase first), or just running /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-s3.postinst, or editing /etc/X11/Xserver. -- Carey Evans * http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc Neniu anticipas la hispanan Inkvizicion. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: S3 versus S3V
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: On 04 Nov 1997 23:56:23 EST Ben Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also I read about linking the file /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server I am using but that doesn't seem to work. I type ln --sf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xf86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X You probably want the command ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 /usr/X11R6/bin/X instead. Note capitalization of `f', number of dashes. ...but you probably don't want to do that either. /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a wrapper for debian which calls the correct X server. The correct X server is stored in the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver. The wrapper is setuid root and will open the privileged resources and then drop privileges before exec()ing the real X server. The doc you read is for the standard XFree86 release and should be fixed (you might want to open a bug for that matter). If you already did the symbolic link (and removed the wrapper), just reinstall xbase. And after you do that, check carefully the file /etc/X11/Xserver to make certain that the top line is what it should be, which is really where your problem probably is. On a more general note, I find this problem often of Debian being different from the rest of the world and the documentation not necessarily reflecting that. The only solution I've found is to constantly read the /usr/doc/*/README.debian files each time I install a new package (this isn't actually that much of a burden, as they're usually pretty short). Is there somewhere a list of differences (in at least some Debian pacckages) between the Debian way of doing things and the way documented in HOWTOs, etc.? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
