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 Server configuration...unable to check > Not starting X display manager" > > If I try to start with "startx", I get the following message: > > XSession: unable to start X sessions: no /path/.xsession found, no > window managers, and no terminal emulators found. > > I have rerun xf86config. I have looked over all the related problems > which have shown up on this list over the last week or so, and none of > the fixes to other problems work for me. > > I'm lost or stuck, and I need X for my work, so any help will be > appreciated. Thanks, > > Peter > > Peter Mickle >
Peter, I bet you are running kdm, right? Some changes were made to Xfree 3.3.6, including the removal of parse-xf86config. /etc/rc.d/kdm calls parse-xf86config, but since it no longer exists, the script exits with the error, "Can't check config" or whatever. I just removed the offending line from the kdm script. Works for me. As far as the startx problem, potato has changed how it handles window mangers, look at update-alternatives to register your window manager. That _may_ be your problem. You did do a dist-upgrade, right? dyer