> > > f) xserver offered my to "configure now". this failed, because not > > everything > > was installed, so it could not work. > > Can you be more specific? > > There is nothing in the xserver postinst that demands the presence of > xbase. I assume makedev and libc6 were installed and configured. Were > they? They're both essential, so I assume they must have been.
if [ -x /usr/sbin/xbase-configure ] ; then /usr/sbin/xbase-configure fi if xbase is unpacked, but not configured, then this will call xbase-configure, and then you can say "ok, let's create a config file". but without x11 fonts, this will not work. (if x11 fonts are unpacked, but not configured, this won't work too - fonts.* files are not yet created ...). remove that code, or depend on xbase. i suggest to remove the code. > > h) xbase: some files were already there, but empty (Xserver). maybe this has > > todo with f). many people had problems with bo, when /etc/init.d/xdm > > did exist, but was empty, and they did not press "I" to replace it. > > now the same thing again ? > > What version of xbase was this? Sounds like it must be 3.3.2-3 or earlier. yes, that's ther version in hamm, that was on my mirror on sunday. > If /et/X11/Xserver was empty, how did your machine know to look for the > Mach64 server when starting X (below)? i had to edit it... > > h) xserver installation. the user needs your help ! > > i didn't know, what xserver i need, so i installed only vga16, > > so XF86Setup will tell me more. result : fatal. > > the first time it failed because mach64 server was not installed. > > XF86Setup depends only on the VGA16 server. XFree86 3.3.2-4 always backs > up the /etc/X11/XF86ConfConfig file. > > > this will confuse users ! > > i suggest to do an appropiate "echo xserver-<server>|dpkg > > --set-selection" call, save the default config, and ask the user > > to run dpkg again and continue later. > > This is a very poor solution. I think 3.3.2-4 solves this. ok, will look at it, and then come back. > > ok, so i had to care about this myself, and started xf86setup later again, > > doing the whole configuration again... this time i got : > > > > missing close-brace > > ("if" then script line 1) > > while compiling > > "if {![getline]} { ..." > > (file "/ ... /phase5.tcl" line 26) > > invoked within "source /.../phase5.tcl" > > This is harmless (as you can see, the XF86Config file is created anyway), > but fixed in 3.3.2-4. > > > XF86Config was written, but Xserver was not modified. > > Xserver is not modified by XF86Setup, it is modified by the xserver package > postinst. but is this wise ? i mean - the normal user doesn't know which server he needs, before is is running xf86setup to find out. and since the script does a test with the new server, every user will now say "ok, it looks good. lets make it the default config". at least i guess. > > xdm-start-server was not listed in /etc/X11/config. > > calling xbase-configure did not help. this script should assist the user in > > such stuff, because the debian way to do these things is only known to some > > hackers. > > In XFree86 3.3.2-4, you may invoke /usr/sbin/xbase-configure with the > "force" argument. > > XFree86 3.3.2-4 ships with xdm configured to start a local server, if the > user configures XDM to run at all. yes, that's much better. thanks. > > ok, at least xbase-configure changed the xdm/Xserver file, after i added > > the "xdm-start-server" line. > > btw: this seems to be redundant information to me. > > All this is changed in XFree86 3.3.2-4. The xdm-start-server option has > been placed in limbo, and nothing edits /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver anymore; it > must be edited by hand. Detailed instructions are now inside that file to > facilitate the process. thank you very much ! looks like you did a great ! job. i will burn the next cd's in a few days, and will install again. andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]