On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Kevin B. Payne wrote: >Debian GNU Storm Linux (2.2.16) on an >AMD 300 CPU + IBM compatible system. > >During the process of fighting to remove the old Xserver 3.3.? I >accidently lost the links or something that is necessary to allow my >system to see where the Xserver's programs are. I can startx by hand by >going to /usr/X11R6/bin and typing ./startx but then the program >complians that xauth and xinit which are both found in the same folder >aren't there... > IE: It also says, "command not found" for those files and won't even >make an attempt at starting.
It sounds as though your PATH doesn't contain the appropriate directories: [ofeeley@ars ofeeley]$ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/ofeeley/bin edit whatever files Storm Linux uses to set the PATH environment variable (perhaps /etc/profile ?) > >I have seen the Xserver running by using ./XFree86 -xf86config >/etc/X11/XF86Config But even then it doesn't give me access to The >Window Manager ( twm ) which is also in the same folder... What do you mean "doesn't give me access" ? Do you mean that if you do an "exec twm" it doesn't run? > >How can I tell Linux that these files are executable and add them to Files are marked executable in most *NIX filesystems by having the "x" bit flipped on by chmod. You need to make sure that you only make files executable by specific users for security reasons. (It strikes me that you may be better starting off with a different distro than Storm Linux, or at the very least spending a bit of time with some manuals, HOWTOs (http://www.tldp.org) and books). HTH, Oisin Feeley _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
