On 24 May 2008, Michael Muster wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 07:32:22AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've been using startx to start X for as long as I've been using Linux - > > about 10 years or more. Yesterday it stopped working, giving an error > > message about "/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc - no such option". But xinit > > runs as expected. This is on a laptop running Sid. > > > > I know that startx is just a front end to xinit and is not essential but > > I'd like to understand what is happening. I had just done a large > > upgrade so perhaps something happened there; I'd also been experimenting > > with sshfs. > > > > > > Googling didn't produce much. I tried commenting out the lines in startx > > that refer to xserverrc but then other errors appeared. > > > > Can anyone shed any light on this? Perhaps I should submit a bug report. > > > > Anthony > > while this is fixed you can start xorg with startx -- :1 > this works for me. > > best regards, > Michael >
Thanks to all for suggestions. I applied the fix given in the bug report pointed to by Sven and this is working for me. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
