Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-13 Thread Ed Cogburn
Brian Morgan wrote: > > After installing xwindows CORRECTLY this time, I'm now unable to start > it using startx. It gives me the following error message: > > X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed > > I've already gone through the XF86Setup interface, and everything seemed > to configure co

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-13 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Steve Mayer wrote: > Brian, > > Check where the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to. According > to your error, it looks as though it is pointing to XF86_NONE which > isn't a valid X server. It should be linked to an X server such as > XF86_SVGA, XF86_S3, etc... Who

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-13 Thread Patrick Scott Pierce
You might want to check /etc/X11/Xserver. It will have defined XF86_NONE. You will need to change this to your actual server which will correspond to your video card. On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 01:35:49PM -0400, Brian Morgan wrote: > After installing xwindows CORRECTLY this time, I'm now unable t

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : This might sound like a dumb question, but how do you check where a symbolic link : points to? I understand what you're talking about, and I can see X in the : /usr/X11R6/bin directory, but I don't know what to do from there to get it to point : to my

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
> Check where the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to. According > to your error, it looks as though it is pointing to XF86_NONE which > isn't a valid X server. It should be linked to an X server such as > XF86_SVGA, XF86_S3, etc... > > What type of video card is installed in the machine?

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Mayer
Brian, Check where the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to. According to your error, it looks as though it is pointing to XF86_NONE which isn't a valid X server. It should be linked to an X server such as XF86_SVGA, XF86_S3, etc... What type of video card is installed in the machine?

startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
After installing xwindows CORRECTLY this time, I'm now unable to start it using startx. It gives me the following error message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed I've already gone through the XF86Setup interface, and everything seemed to configure correctly there. It appears now that i