> Jim wrote: > > Hello, I am running debian sarge on a powerpc and not to long ago I > > ran synaptic to update everything,I don'nt know what I did but now I > > X will not run after I ran the update I rebooted and now all I get is > > a black screen with the text login. > > I tried to run startx but it told me that is was not executible. > > How can I get my window manager running again?
On 3/7/06, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a starting point you might like to try (as root, from the cmd line) > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and if it says that package doesn't exist, then try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and if it says THAT doesn't exist, then I would assume apt removed your xserver due to a package conflict. > This will do a number of things, dpkg will report on the status of your > xwindow installation if it is deficient and you will have the > opportunity to set up the xserver (the defaults for mac are a good > starting point). The installation manual > http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ > has a full description on how to set up X for ppc. I would like to see a document describing setting up X for ppc, but it doesn't seem to be in that document, nor in the document it lists as being more recent: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/index.html I would like to see a good X windows setup, overview, and diagnostic reference. Can anyone point to one?