Jim Pick writes: > "J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I just ran dselect and tried to install xserver-vga1. I downloaded >> the current version of Linux (Debian 1.3) about a week ago. During >> the first installation of xserver-vga1 the system asked me for >> configuration information. I replied yes. This is the error >> printout: >> Not all of the configuration and application default files are >> installed. The file /usr/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc is missing > Sounds like a dependency problem... this might be a bug. If you > can figure out why, please report it. The documentation of 1.3.0 mentions the existence of dependency: xserver depend on xbase, but this is not made explicit. A fix under 1.3.1 was promised but I'm under the impression that the problem still exists. >> Consequently, I unselected xserver-vga1 and its' accompanying >> files and removed them from my system using dselect. Next, I tried to >> install them again. [Tale of woe deleted.] >> Do I have to reinstall the whole system again? Should I try >> installing xserver-vga1 (current version) once more? I see someone >> else also had a similar problem with X windows. Any advice? > Is it dying when xdm tries to load? Maybe you can just switch to a > regular console using Alt-F1. If not, use your rescue disk (the first > installation floppy) to boot your system, mount your hard drive, and > modify /etc/init.d/xdm so that it doesn't start up. Then I'd purge > all your existing X packages and try again. I've had a similar problem while installing 1.3.1 on a Toshiba laptop. At first I got the xbase/xserver dependency wrong, purged the server, reinstalled. After that, everyting seemed to work if X was started from the CLI, but if xdm was started at boot the keyboard was ignored. The mouse was still active, so the machine wasn't completely dead, just unusable. I went through several rounds of purging xbase+xsvga and reinstalling but the problem stubbornly resurfaced each time. In the end, I decided on a complete reinstall of the system. This time, I selected xbase almost as the first package to be installed. The xvga16 server was autoselected, which I replaced with xsvga. Before the first run of xdm (you're prompted whether to start it now) I switched consoles and executed the "shadowconfig on" command (as recommended for the 1.3.0 distribution). Then I allowed xdm to start. X has been running flawlessly since. My none-too-informed best guess is that if you fail to install X correctly the first time round, it affects some configuration files in ways that purging X won't recover from. -- Olaf Weber -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
