Subject: Re: YDL 2.0: startx dependency missing
From: jeramy b smith (jeramy@ash.penguinppc.org)
Date: Wed Jul 04 2001 - 10:43:15 MDT
The etc/X11/X symlink is created by the ydl2 installer and not the X rpms
afaik. So, if you do a manual update to ydl2 you will have to do some
manual labor also. Try linking etc/X11/X to /usr/X11/bin/XFree86 and then
running Xautoconfig4. startx might then work.
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Chris Pepper wrote:
> I installed a bunch of XFree86 packages, and got startx, but
> a dependency appears to be missing from the RPMs. Specifically,
> startx doesn't work. I have XFree86-4.0.2-6e.ppc.rpm installed, and
> its dependencies satisfied.
>
> Is there another preferred way to start X? xinit gives me the
> same error.
>
> This is the error I got last week when I ran startx (same
> error as a normal user):
>
> >[root@www /root]# startx
> >xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
> >
> >execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
> >
> >xinit: unexpected signal 2
>
> Now I get a different error, whether from the console or
> logged in via ssh from my Mac OS X box (again, both as root and as a
> normal user):
>
> >[root@www rpm-ydl]# startx
> >
> >execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
> >giving up.
> >xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> >xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Chris Pepper
> PS-Re-reported here per Hollis.
>
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