Richard Harran wrote: Isn't the X packages in cd 2? > > I'm not sure about this, but perhaps you should remove, rather than > purge, the xbase package. This is what I did, and I did not get this > problem. The difference between purging and removing is that removing > leaves configuration files alone, so perhaps purging xbase removes > config files necessary to run startx?? > > This is just a guess. > Rich > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 06 Apr 1999q, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > > > > > I upgraded (at least, with CD 1) from 2.0 -> 2.1 last night, and > > > everything seemed to be fine. I quit dselect, fired up X, and while > > > running X, looked at some notes I had made preparing for the upgrade. > > > > > > I purged xbase, since it's been claimed that it's no longer needed. > > > Everything still ran fine. I powered things off for the night and went to > > > bed. I got up this morning, powered up, logged on, and then: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > $ startx > > > > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > > > giving up. > > > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X > > > server > > > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > What the heck? Did I jump the gun on removing xbase? Any idea what's up, > > > or how to find what's up? > > > > > > > Now that you say this, I realize I had just the same experience (twice, in > > fact, on different machines). Something wrong with the install advice, I > > think. > > > > Anthony > > > > -- > > Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 > > Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/ > > > > "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, > > Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam) > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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