[PLUG] Setting up basic X on Debian Sarge

[Steve Jorgensen]

Thanks for all the replies to my quandy, but I've already tried most of 
these things.  I had already tried using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 
which runs through the X Configuration dialogs, but I get the same kinds of 
errors.  I tried reconfiguring xfs, and it failed saying a symbolic link 
was missing, so I did a reinstall of xfs, and checked that it created the 
symlink it had complained about - it did.  Of course, I'm still getting the 
same errors from startx.  Is there something I should be doing to do to 
start xfs before I try to run startx?

Regarding Matt Chorman's suggestion to "change the path to read unix/:0 If 
you are using xfs", I'm not sure what this means or where to change it.

On another note, I've found some messages while doing some Web searching 
that seem to indicate that xfree86 4.2 is broken in Debian, and I should 
find and install one of the 4.3 source packages under development. 
 Opinions?

If anyone has any further advice, I'd be much obliged.

Thanks,

- Steve Jorgensen

On Monday, June 16, 2003 10:35 AM, Rogan Creswick 
[SMTP:creswick at cs.orst.edu] wrote:
> Off the top of my head, I'd use debconf to set up X, iirc:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver
>
> or something like that should do it. There is a basic setup command
> (base-setup ?) that will do it also. I hope that helps, I'm sorry I
> don't have the exact syntax for you, I don't have a deb box handy atm.
>
> -Rogan
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 02:45:57PM -0700, Steve Jorgensen wrote:
> > I am setting up a network server box, so I don't want a fnacy X Windows 
> > system, etc., but I'm finding that I will want to run basic X from time 
to
> > time.  I tried downloading basix X packages and Blackbox, but I can't 
get X
> > to work.  Following howtos, the last step I got to was trying to test 
the
> > server with XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new.  I get too much
> > output to fit on the screen, and it doesn't seem to work with less. 
 What I
> > do see includes a message that says symbol xf86InterpretEDID from 
module
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a is unresolved!  Next, it fails to open
> > /dev/mouse, then couldn;t load XKB keymap, etc.
> >
> > Finally Fatal Server error: failed to initialize core devices
> >
> > What should I try next?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Steve Jorgensen
> >
> > On Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:13 PM, Bill Barry [SMTP:barryb at proaxis.com]
> > wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 11:55:30AM -0700, Michael Hopcroft wrote:
> > > > 	Does anyone know of either a weekend seminar I can attend or a 
tutor
> > > > who will come over and teach me the fundamentals? Alternatively, is
> > > > there a really good manual for Red Hat 9 that assumes the user is 
an
> > > > absolute beginner with Linux? (I bought a book called "Linux for
> > Windows
> > > > System Administrators". Problem is I'm an 'end-user".....)
> > >
> > > The tasks you are describing are more specific to the Gnome desktop
> > > than to Red Hat 9 or Linux in general and so would be similar in any
> > > distribution where you are using Gnome as the desktop. In any case
> > > there are tutorials here
> > > http://www.gnome.org/learn/
> > >
> > > Bill Barry
> > >
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