Otavio, thanks for the response.
The update left me with the following package information.
I interpret this to say that I do have xserver-svga, although
it is from version 3.3.6. BTW, I have a voodoo3 card installed
in this machine.
Is there another x server package I need. Also, I have seen
somewhere an indication that I need to run dexconf. Can you
advise? Is that a normal process when upgrading X?
Thanks again,
Jerry Bash
cello:/home/jlb# dpkg -l xfree*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-6 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
pn xfreecd <none> (no description available)
cello:/home/jlb#
cello:/home/jlb# dpkg -l xserver*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un xserver <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-3dlabs <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-8514 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-agx <none> (no description available)
ii xserver-common 4.1.0-6 files and utilities common to all X
servers
pn xserver-fbdev <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-ggi <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-i128 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-mach32 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-mach64 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-mach8 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-mono <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-p9000 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-s3 <none> (no description available)
pn xserver-s3v <none> (no description available)
ii xserver-svga 3.3.6-11potato X server for SVGA graphics cards
un xserver-tga <none> (no description available)
ii xserver-vga16 3.3.6-11potato X server for VGA graphics cards
pn xserver-w32 <none> (no description available)
ii xserver-xfree8 4.1.0-6 the XFree86 X server
cello:/home/jlb#
Otavio Pereira
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48.com.br> cc:
Subject: Re: XFree86
installation problem
09/26/01 03:47 PM
Please respond to
otaviofp
> the xserver locally (with 'startx') I get an error message saying
>
> "X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.
> giving up"
>
> The file is not there, and I think it should be linked to something
> (in /usr/X11R6/bin ??) but I'm not sure what to link it to.
I got the same problem, and u need to get the XServer, p.e., XF86_SVGA,
or any other (video-hardware dependant)...
I don't really know if it is some inst. bug, or something like, but when
u upgrade it seems the apt-get don't install the SVGA/VGA/or any other
server... just the base for XFree...
Hope i could help...
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Otavio Augusto F. Pereira
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