A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > Hi all, > > although I'm not so familiar with such things I've dowlnloaded the recent > xfree86 version 3.3.5 from xfree86 org pages because of the voodoo banshee > support in that version. I followed their download and installation > instructions > and managed the first errors and problems - but at the end the xserver won't > start. My suspicion is that the problems comes from different file structure. > I've seen the postings here in that forum asking for somebody who has > debianized > the 3.3.4 - so it seems there need to be some changes to be made. The first > thing I've found is that the XFree86Config file was in the "wrong" directory > that means in a different one as of the old installation (/etc vs. /etc/X11). > Also the XF86Config didn't run (it seems that it can't start the minimum > vga-xserver) so that I used the command line programm xf86setup. What I get to > see after startx is the grey/white starting window with the cross at mouse > pointer position and nothing else happens. > I piped the error output from startx to a file and it is as follows:
[snip] > Can anybody help with this? It looks suspiciously like you're missing the file .xinitrc in your home directory. That's what tells X11 what window manager to use, and so on. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien
