[Techtalk] Debian 3 and X-server

claudia monsviridinus at tin.it
Mon Sep 30 14:04:58 EST 2002


Il lun, 2002-09-30 alle 13:49, melissa ion kibbe ha scritto:
> the following slanderous atrocity can be attributed to claudia:
> > Hi,
> > yestarday I tried to install Debian 3.0 on my laptop (acer TM)....
> > and I can't run the X-server.
> > 
> > After login when I type startx I see an error message :
> > 
> > " xinit: No such file or directoyr(errno 2) : non server "X" in PATH
> >   Use the --option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
> > that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your
> > display.Possible server names include:
> > 
> >  XFree86   XFree86 displays
> > 
> > xinit: unexpected signal 2 "
> > 
> > I was wondering if it could be a problem of hardware (the screen) or
> > something else? I've never configured a server X.....
> > Any idea about how to solve that?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Claudia
> 
> Have you tried typing the full directory name instead of just
> 'startx'?  The error seems to be complaining that the command 'startx'
> is not in your path.  Try typing '/usr/X11R6/bin/startx' instead and
> see what happens.
> 
> m.

Yes I tried just now : I have the same error message and another line
saying "xinit: No such process (errno 3) : Server error"

Claudia

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