X problems

[Howlin Mad Murdock]

Hello,

I just apt-get upgrade my system and it updated some x stuff, but now I can't start X anymore. This is the eroor that I get:

X: exec of XFree86 failed

Then it jusst sits there.

Any suggestions,

Murdock

[fancypiper]

Maybe your distro has the setup utility. Try typing setup at the command line and configure x again.

You should have some sort of configuration utility for x.

[Howlin Mad Murdock]

There is not setup command for Debian. Atleast my machine does not have one. I have tries xf86config, xf86cfg, and XF86Setup without any success so far.

Murdock

[Gaccm]

more info will be useful, what version of X did you come from/go to. What pool are you apting from, stable, testing or unstable?
What happens when you try the x config tools?

[Howlin Mad Murdock]

I am using the unstable tree. I am using 4.0.3 now i believe. xf86cfg does not work at all. The others finish, but when I startx, I get the same result.

Murdock

[slapNUT]

Try XFree86 -config

--or--

XFree86 -configure

[bugfix]

In Slack its: 'XF86Config' (case sensitive) but try typing 'xf86' or 'XF86' and then '<TAB>' and see what it brings up.

[ZacMacCrac]

Originally posted by Howlin Mad Murdock:
<STRONG>X: exec of XFree86 failed

Then it jusst sits there.</STRONG>

Uhmmm... If this is really everything xfree86 gives you as an error message, then it might not be a configuration problem but rather a problem with the binary you got.
I remember xfree spitting out *tons* of error messages when I tried to start xfree 4 with config files for xfree 3.

did you upgrade from 3 to 4 or from 4.XYZ to 4.XYZ+1?

[Dagda]

Originally posted by slapNUT:
<STRONG>Try XFree86 -config

--or--

XFree86 -configure</STRONG>

its XFree86 -configure that sets up a simple config file but it doesn't let you select any options you have to edit the file.

[Xsecrets]

I have debian too and I have NEVER been able to get xf86cfg to work it always hangs by box forcing a reboot. you should try xf86config it is a bit more tedious but works. Although I am not sure it will fix your problem I have run into that problem before, but I cannot at this time remember what the solution was.

[Gaccm]

i had problems similar to them, you might want to try
dpkg --purge X
change the folder to testing
apt-get install task-x(whatever its called)

also, did you try running ldconfig?