Can't start X Windows
I have installed Debian 2.1 off of an official CD. I chose the devel_comp package of software and everything installed. But when I type startx or xinit at the shell prompt, I get an error message informing me of a fatal server error. Specifically, it says that there wasn't a config file found! It tried looking in /etc/X11/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.home /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config but didn't find anything. I thought that maybe the file had not installed but couldn't find it in dselect. Can someone give me some ideas on what is happening here and how I can get X-Windows running? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: Can't start X Windows
On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 10:25:32AM -0500, Bryan K. Walton wrote: I have installed Debian 2.1 off of an official CD. I chose the devel_comp package of software and everything installed. But when I type startx or xinit at the shell prompt, I get an error message informing me of a fatal server error. Specifically, it says that there wasn't a config file found! It tried looking in /etc/X11/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.home /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config That means the file doen't exists; use xf86config to make it (get the video card and monitor specs; especially HSync VSync and max dac speed; with you) JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier [EMAIL PROTECTED] A debugged program is one for which you have not yet found the conditions that make it fail. -- Jerry Ogdin
Re: Can't start X Windows
Bryan K. Walton wrote: I have installed Debian 2.1 off of an official CD. I chose the devel_comp package of software and everything installed. But when I type startx or xinit at the shell prompt, I get an error message informing me of a fatal server error. Specifically, it says that there wasn't a config file found! It tried looking in /etc/X11/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.home /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config but didn't find anything. I thought that maybe the file had not installed but couldn't find it in dselect. Can someone give me some ideas on what is happening here and how I can get X-Windows running? Thanks, Bryan Walton The file on Debian systems is usually in /etc/X11, as per the first location listed above. During the install of Debian, you may or may not have been asked if you want to create the X configuration file; if for some reason that wasn't completed, the file won't be there. You can create one by running either xf86config or XF86Setup (notice the capitalization) or by simply creating it by hand (not recommended, especially by newbies, although editing by hand is perfectly reasonable). xf86config is text-based, whereas XF86Setup is a graphical setup and may feel a bit more comfortable, expecially if you're coming from a Windows world. If you don't get a workable file from one method, try the other.
