[wplug] what do the x errors mean?

[Jonathan S. Billings]

It's trying to run an program called /usr/bin/X11/X.  Probably because
/etc/X11/X points there (or maybe not, not sure about debian).  Make
sure it points to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86.


On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 21:51, Elwin Green wrote:
> The debian install, continued:
> 
> After running xf86config, I tried "startx", and got
> this response:
> 
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
> 
> (yes it said it twice, then it said)
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: No
> such file or directory
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: exec:
> /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute: No such file or
> directory
> giving up
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to
> connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> 
> I am assuming that it would do no good simply to
> create the empty directory /usr/bin/X11/X on my own. I
> assume that the system must create (and populate) it.
> 
> I've checked both debian.org and XFree86.org, but
> don't see anything that says how to deal with this.
> 
> Help, anyone?
> 
> E.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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