One of the quickest ways I know is to go to dselect and search for the packages:
xf86setup xserver-vga16 xserver-svga Install these packages and any packages they depend upon. Once installed, as root use the following command to set up X: XF86Setup This will launch the vga server, which is a basic server that should work on any hardware. Go through the option tabs at the top and choose the right settings for your hardware. When you get to the card database, select the card description that matches you graphics card. If the correct driver for that card is not installed, it will warn you and tell you which driver it needs. If the driver is there, then you get no warning and you can save and run X again (startx). If not there, exit the program and install the driver (using dselect). This should get X going for you (if you know what hardware you have), but you will also need to have a window manager. These are some names of window managers: enlightenment wmaker sawmill blackbox icewm and loads of others, which you can probably find in the same section in dselect. Try experimenting!!! Using dselect is a lot easier for dealing with dependancies than apt-get (which only tells you one problem at a time). Hope this is the level of detail you need!!! Johnny. Dan Hutchinson wrote: > Hello Debian Users, > I am a newbie to Linux and I loaded a workstation with Debian Linux > - Potato recently. When I try to start Xwindows with the startx command > I get the following error > > xinit: No such file or directory (errno2); no 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: > > XF86_SVGA SVGA color display on i386 PC > XF86_Mono monochrome display on i386 PC > . > . > . > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > My first question is how can I check that I have all the software to > run XWindows? > Second, how do you use apt-get to get debian packages if I need more. > > I am using a Micron Pentium 200 with a Stealth Pro 2000 video card. > > Dan > > ___________________________________________________________________ > To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, > all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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