Re: help! can't start X anymore
* Andrew Kae [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-07-09 04:50): Hi, I'm kinda digging up this thread from april becuause i'm having the same problem and there didn't seem to be a definite answer to the thread. I've been using xfree86-common 3.35 then decided to update to the testing-distribution and now i have xfree86-common 4.something When I tried startx i got: $ startx Can't stat /etc/X11/X (cuz it doesn't exist) ok, i tried making a link from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 then i got another error message, something about wrapping back to /etc/X11. I'm sorry i don't remember the exact message, i'm writing this from windows 98. then i tried copying /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 then got another error message. From the previous thread in April, it seemed the only way to fix this problem was to downgrade the packages. I'm hoping that by now, some fix has been discovered? Actually, AFAIR the solution all along was to just link /etc/X11/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86. Fixed it when I upgraded :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help! can't start X anymore
Hi, I'm kinda digging up this thread from april becuause i'm having the same problem and there didn't seem to be a definite answer to the thread. I've been using xfree86-common 3.35 then decided toupdate to the testing-distribution and now i havexfree86-common 4.something When I tried startx i got: $ startx Can't stat /etc/X11/X (cuz it doesn'texist) ok, i tried making a link from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 then i got another error message, something about wrapping back to /etc/X11. I'm sorry i don't remember the exact message, i'm writing this from windows 98. then i tried copying /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 then got another error message. From the previous thread in April, it seemed the only way to fix this problem was to downgrade the packages. I'm hoping that by now, some fix has been discovered? Thanks for any replies, Drew Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: help! can't start X anymore
I got X working !!! :) well just IceWM is working - but that's ok there are still some error messages from some programs - I don't know how to fix them! Warning: Color name black is not defined Warning: Color name red3 is not defined Warning: Color name green3 is not defined Warning: Color name yellow3 is not defined Warning: Color name blue3 is not defined Warning: Color name magenta3 is not defined Warning: Color name cyan3 is not defined Warning: Color name gray90 is not defined Warning: Color name gray30 is not defined Warning: Color name red is not defined Warning: Color name green is not defined Warning: Color name yellow is not defined Warning: Color name blue is not defined Warning: Color name magenta is not defined Warning: Color name cyan is not defined Warning: Color name white is not defined or this can't parse black can't parse white What does that mean - any ideas how to fix this? when I try to run XF86Setup I get this: #XF86Setup Warning CHIPSET specification missing in Card database entry S3 Savage4 (line 1442). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident TGUI9420 (generic) (line 2186). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident TGUI9440 (generic) (line 2191). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident TGUI9660 (generic) (line 2196). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident TGUI9680 (generic) (line 2201). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident Cyber 9320 (generic) (line 2218). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident Cyber 939a (generic) (line 2241). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident Cyber 9520 (generic) (line 2252). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident Providia 9682 (generic) (line 2275). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident Providia 9685 (generic) (line 2280). Warning CHIPSET specification missing in Card database entry Intel 810 (line 2919). Warning CHIPSET specification missing in Card database entry Intel 740 (generic) (line 2925). Segmentation fault /home/user1# Could it be that I miss some xserver packages? Right now I just have xserver-svga and xserver-vga16 installed. when I start SuperProbe it gives me this: First video: Super-VGA Chipset: Yamaha 6388 VPDC (Port Probed) RAMDAC: Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DAC (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode) home/user1# does that mean I'm running the xserver in 8-bit mode? TIA!! Philipp
Re: help! can't start X anymore
I don't have a file named X in /etc/X11. I believe that's what it's complainig about when I do startx. There is a file named X in /usr/bin/X11 but when I do ./X then I get the same error messages as startx would give me. I don't have a file named XFree86 in /usr/bin/X11/ Besides there another thing - I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, but it might. When I tried to get the packages from woody I wrote that into my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org unstable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security unstable/updates main when I did apt-get update it got me this: W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I still downloaded the packages! I'm not sure if I need packages from these sites, since I didn't couldn't access them. What did I wrong in my /etc/sources.list ? It did work for potato. Is this maybe the mistake that I made - that I need any packages from these sites ?? TIA Philipp Kent West wrote: Philipp Bliedung wrote: Hi I have a problem. I'm on a potato machine with xfree 4.0.2 installed. Everything was working fine until I installed Gimp 1.2 from woody. I added the woody tree to /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get install gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl and installed a whole bunch of packages. Well, that did work out fine too! And Gimp 1.2 is running just fine until I did a restart on my machine. I can't start X anymore. When I do startx I get this: $startx X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. xinit: unexpected signel 2 $ What am I missing or what am I doing wrong here? When I do XF86Setup it gives just a grey screen. That's it. Any help is highly appreciated! Philipp I believe this is a bug in one of the packages. /etc/X11/X should be a link, like so: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 10 17:19 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Create the link with ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X and you should be in business. This assumes that you're using the XFree86 server. Kent
Re: help! can't start X anymore
On 16 Apr 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: I don't have a file named X in /etc/X11. I believe that's what it's complainig about when I do startx. There is a file named X in /usr/bin/X11 but when I do ./X then I get the same error messages as startx would give me. I don't have a file named XFree86 in /usr/bin/X11/ Besides there another thing - I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, but it might. When I tried to get the packages from woody I wrote that into my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org unstable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security unstable/updates main when I did apt-get update it got me this: W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I still downloaded the packages! I'm not sure if I need packages from these sites, since I didn't couldn't access them. What did I wrong in my /etc/sources.list ? It did work for potato. Is this maybe the mistake that I made - that I need any packages from these sites ?? TIA Philipp Kent West wrote: I had a similar problem yesterday; something went wrong in Woody I presume. I ended up having to go to the XFree86 directory in Sid (i.e. pool) to download the relevant packages and reinstall, after which X was working again. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Gnu/Debian Linux (Windows-free zone) For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Le style est l'homme meme. (Style is the man himself.) [Buffon]
RE: help! can't start X anymore
You didn't install from Woody... you installed from Sid (Woody is 'testing', not 'unstable'). This probably means you just inherited XFree 4.0.2 and attendant programs, along with the problems that go with them. The GIMP in unstable is dependent on XF402, along with the new libc6, I think. Your Potato system must be in an interesting condition at the moment. ^_^ You can try installing 'task-x-window-system' to get everything that goes with an XF402 install, if that's actually what happened. Take a look and see. - Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson -Original Message- From: Philipp Bliedung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:20 AM To: Kent West Cc: debian-user Subject:Re: help! can't start X anymore I don't have a file named X in /etc/X11. I believe that's what it's complainig about when I do startx. There is a file named X in /usr/bin/X11 but when I do ./X then I get the same error messages as startx would give me. I don't have a file named XFree86 in /usr/bin/X11/ Besides there another thing - I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, but it might. When I tried to get the packages from woody I wrote that into my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org unstable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security unstable/updates main when I did apt-get update it got me this: W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary -i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_contrib_bin ary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_non-free_bi nary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_unstable_upd ates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I still downloaded the packages! I'm not sure if I need packages from these sites, since I didn't couldn't access them. What did I wrong in my /etc/sources.list ? It did work for potato. Is this maybe the mistake that I made - that I need any packages from these sites ?? TIA Philipp Kent West wrote: Philipp Bliedung wrote: Hi I have a problem. I'm on a potato machine with xfree 4.0.2 installed. Everything was working fine until I installed Gimp 1.2 from woody. I added the woody tree to /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get install gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl and installed a whole bunch of packages. Well, that did work out fine too! And Gimp 1.2 is running just fine until I did a restart on my machine. I can't start X anymore. When I do startx I get this: $startx X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. xinit: unexpected signel 2 $ What am I missing or what am I doing wrong here? When I do XF86Setup it gives just a grey screen. That's it. Any help is highly appreciated! Philipp I believe this is a bug in one of the packages. /etc/X11/X should be a link, like so: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 10 17:19 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Create the link with ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X and you should be in business. This assumes that you're using the XFree86 server. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(partly solved)Re: help! can't start X anymore
Thanks to everybody who replied, I got X working :) I just didn't upgrade all the XFree86 packages - that was kinda stupid, oh well... My desktop is 'working' now - but it's totally messed up! When it starts I get this message: You are not running a GNOME Compilant Window Manager. GNOME support by the winodw manager is strongly recommended for proper Desk Guide operation. I did an apt-get install sawmill-gnome - but I still get this! There are also no buttons ontop of every window to maximize, close or minimize it. I was using sawmill before I tried to upgrade some packages in order to get Gimp 1.2 running. And now I'm here having a totally messed up desktop. Any ideas? - any help appreciated! TIA Philipp
Re: help! can't start X anymore
Thanks for that hint :) How do I fix that - I mean I didn't want any packages from sid - I just wanted everything that goes along with libc6 in order to get Gimp 1.2 running! Do I have to do the whole downloading stuff again (I just have a 56k modem) but now from woody - what I initially intented to do? What would be the best way out of this?? Since the rest of my system (about 90%) is on potato - and I can't and don't want to upgrade to woddy or sid right now !! I have to get some work done... How would /etc/apt/sources.list look like for me now ? Thanks for any help! Philipp Marc Wilson wrote: You didn't install from Woody... you installed from Sid (Woody is 'testing', not 'unstable'). This probably means you just inherited XFree 4.0.2 and attendant programs, along with the problems that go with them. The GIMP in unstable is dependent on XF402, along with the new libc6, I think. Your Potato system must be in an interesting condition at the moment. ^_^ You can try installing 'task-x-window-system' to get everything that goes with an XF402 install, if that's actually what happened. Take a look and see. - Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson -Original Message- From: Philipp Bliedung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:20 AM To: Kent West Cc: debian-user Subject:Re: help! can't start X anymore I don't have a file named X in /etc/X11. I believe that's what it's complainig about when I do startx. There is a file named X in /usr/bin/X11 but when I do ./X then I get the same error messages as startx would give me. I don't have a file named XFree86 in /usr/bin/X11/ Besides there another thing - I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, but it might. When I tried to get the packages from woody I wrote that into my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org unstable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security unstable/updates main when I did apt-get update it got me this: W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_main_binary -i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_contrib_bin ary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_unstable_updates_non-free_bi nary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org unstable/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_unstable_upd ates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I still downloaded the packages! I'm not sure if I need packages from these sites, since I didn't couldn't access them. What did I wrong in my /etc/sources.list ? It did work for potato. Is this maybe the mistake that I made - that I need any packages from these sites ?? TIA Philipp Kent West wrote: Philipp Bliedung wrote: Hi I have a problem. I'm on a potato machine with xfree 4.0.2 installed. Everything was working fine until I installed Gimp 1.2 from woody. I added the woody tree to /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get install gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl and installed a whole bunch of packages. Well, that did work out fine too! And Gimp 1.2 is running just fine until I did a restart on my machine. I can't start X anymore. When I do startx I get this: $startx X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. xinit: unexpected signel 2 $ What am I missing or what am I doing wrong here? When I do XF86Setup it gives just a grey screen. That's it. Any help is highly appreciated! Philipp I believe this is a bug in one of the packages. /etc/X11/X should be a link, like so: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 10 17:19 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Create the link with ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X and you should be in business. This assumes that you're using the XFree86 server. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact
help! can't start X anymore
Hi I have a problem. I'm on a potato machine with xfree 4.0.2 installed. Everything was working fine until I installed Gimp 1.2 from woody. I added the woody tree to /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get install gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl and installed a whole bunch of packages. Well, that did work out fine too! And Gimp 1.2 is running just fine until I did a restart on my machine. I can't start X anymore. When I do startx I get this: $startx X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. xinit: unexpected signel 2 $ What am I missing or what am I doing wrong here? When I do XF86Setup it gives just a grey screen. That's it. Any help is highly appreciated! Philipp
Re: help! can't start X anymore
Philipp Bliedung wrote: Hi I have a problem. I'm on a potato machine with xfree 4.0.2 installed. Everything was working fine until I installed Gimp 1.2 from woody. I added the woody tree to /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get install gimp1.2 gimp1.2-perl and installed a whole bunch of packages. Well, that did work out fine too! And Gimp 1.2 is running just fine until I did a restart on my machine. I can't start X anymore. When I do startx I get this: $startx X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. xinit: unexpected signel 2 $ What am I missing or what am I doing wrong here? When I do XF86Setup it gives just a grey screen. That's it. Any help is highly appreciated! Philipp I believe this is a bug in one of the packages. /etc/X11/X should be a link, like so: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 10 17:19 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Create the link with ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X and you should be in business. This assumes that you're using the XFree86 server. Kent
