Well, to answer your question it may be best to start at the beginning.
I can't remember what I initially did but on reboot I found myself in
console mode and could not restart X.
Upon advice, I ran, as root,
cd /etc/X11
ln -s ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X
then running 'startx' as root elicited
/etc/X11/X is not executable, giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (erno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
running (as root)
ls -ltr /etc/X11/X
elicited
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27Jun 15 23:52
I hope that answers your questions.
How do I "dereference the symlink and find the solution" ?
Adam.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Matthew Palmer
Sent: 21 June, 2001 05:28 PM
To: Adam F. Bogacki
Cc: Crossfire; Slug@Slug. Org. Au
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Radical Solutions ...
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Adam F. Bogacki wrote:
> Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh......
>
> I'm still getting the Delphic reply
>
> "/etc/X11/X is not executable"
What does /etc/X11/X point to? And what are it's permissions?
Chances are it's pointing off somewhere odd, or the server it's pointing to
doesn't exist.
> I'm in the mood for radical solutions.
>
> xf86config .... or a complete re-install ?
Erk. Neither. Just dereference the symlink and find the solution.
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