On 24 May 2008, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-05-24 08:32 +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I've been using startx to start X for as long as I've been using Linux - > > about 10 years or more. Yesterday it stopped working, giving an error > > message about "/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc - no such option". But xinit > > runs as expected. This is on a laptop running Sid. > > > > I know that startx is just a front end to xinit and is not essential but > > I'd like to understand what is happening. I had just done a large > > upgrade so perhaps something happened there; I'd also been experimenting > > with sshfs. > > > > > > Googling didn't produce much. I tried commenting out the lines in startx > > that refer to xserverrc but then other errors appeared. > > Google is not your best friend if you're running sid, the Debian BTS is: > http://bugs.debian.org/xinit > > > Can anyone shed any light on this? Perhaps I should submit a bug report. > > Not necessary, since it had already been reported twice, as you can see. > > Sven >
Thanks for the pointer - I should have looked there first. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]