unable to start X after upgrade to potato

Peter Mickle wrote: > > I have recently upgraded to potato, and after doing so, I can no > longer open an X session, either from xdm or from startx. The version > is 3.3.6-6. > > At boot time, the last two lines of the messages generated > by the boot process are: > > "Checking for valid XFree86

Re: unable to start X after upgrade to potato

Only an idea: this message comes from the files /etc/init.d/kdm or /etc/init.d/xdm (grep "unable to check" /etc/init.d/*) > if [ -x /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config ]; then > if parse-xf86config --quiet --nowarning --noadvisory > /etc/X11/XF86Config; then >problem= > els

unable to start X after upgrade to potato

I have recently upgraded to potato, and after doing so, I can no longer open an X session, either from xdm or from startx. The version is 3.3.6-6. At boot time, the last two lines of the messages generated by the boot process are: "Checking for valid XFree86 Server configuration...unable to chec