Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 20:40 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings; Before I do the Windows thing of a complete reinwtall of the system for the fourth time, can anybody tell me how to do this? There is something wrong and the xserver won't come up. All it says is I cannot start the

Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 00:47 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: I have tried running dpkg-reconfigure xfree86 Are you sure you're running xfree86? Nowadays xorg is much more common. Sarge still uses XFree86. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to

How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-21 Thread wix
Greetings; Before I do the Windows thing of a complete reinwtall of the system for the fourth time, can anybody tell me how to do this? There is something wrong and the xserver won't come up. All it says is I cannot start the X server and some other general stuff. I have tried running

Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-21 Thread Jeff D
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings; Before I do the Windows thing of a complete reinwtall of the system for the fourth time, can anybody tell me how to do this? There is something wrong and the xserver won't come up. All it says is I cannot start the X server and some

Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-21 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings; Before I do the Windows thing of a complete reinstall of the system ... No need. You've got the basics already. However, if you're running stable (Sarge), you might consider upgrading to testing (Etch), or even unstable (Sid). If you're on a server that

Re: How can I force a clean reinstall of xfree86?

2007-03-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
I have tried running dpkg-reconfigure xfree86 Are you sure you're running xfree86? Nowadays xorg is much more common. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]