Default boot settings (aboot)

At the moment I'm booting my Linux/Alpha machine from the SRM prompt with: >>> boot dbk0 -fl 1 $ cat /etc/aboot.conf 0:2/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25-1-smp initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.25-1-smp root=/dev/sda2 1:2/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-smp initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-smp root=/dev/sda2 How do I get it

Re: X configuration

Marty wrote: > How about manually removing the diversion? (man dpkg-divert) Bingo! Gentlemen, many, many thanks for your help. Regards, Angus $ dpkg-divert --list '*cursor*' diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-base by xfonts-ar

Re: X configuration

Kent West wrote: >>However, I find that I simply can't install artwiz-cursor, even if I >>purge xfonts-artwiz from my system (below). Any ideas on how to proceed? >>Angus >> >>$ dpkg --purge xfonts-artwiz >> >> > I'd try "apt-get --purge remove xfonts-artwiz", instead of using dpkg. Thanks for p

Re: X configuration

Kent West wrote: > Google. Now you're doing my dirty work. Sorry about that. > As in : http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2002/07/msg00096.html [...snip...] > Do you have this "artwiz-cursor" package installed? Yes, I found that message before I posted to debian-user. I don't have artwiz-cursor in

Re: X configuration

Kent West wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >>I did, but neither appeared to help any. Of course, I may have used them >>incorrectly. Is the idea to >> >>$ apt-get install x-window-system >> > If the suggestions are going to fix the problem, the above command

Re: X configuration

Kent West wrote: > Have you tried the suggestion at the bottom of the log file? > >> People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the >> "x-window-system" or "x-window-system-core" packages installed. >> # apt-get install x-window-system-core >> # apt-get install x-window-syste

X configuration

I've been running a Debian unstable box for a couple of years, but only today have I tried to start the X server. I find that `startx` is failing with the following message in /var/log/XFree86.0.log could not open default cursor font 'cursor'; I've been googling around and it seems that this may