install question

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Franklin
> ...
> Reinstalled Woody. (refreshing adult beverage helped) Now after 'startX' 
> I see:
> '/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: no such file or directory (Errno 2) unable to connect to X server
> Xinit: no such process (Errno 3) : Server error'
>
> Next?
Hmm, strange. Not going to ask why you re-installed debian.
Hopefully you've installed apt.
Uf you have apt, try :
# apt-get check

if that doesn't show any errors then try
dpkg --list xfree*

if X isn't installed then this should install it:
# apt-get install <your desktop of choice>
(gnome,kde,xfce4)

Also you should probably run "modconf" and make sure
you have any video modules installed that you need for
an ati or radeon card (not necessarily relevant to the
curent problem). I did notice strange behavior from my 
debian installs over the weekend. Debian seemed to notice
that I had done previous installs, and the way I fixed that
was to initialize all the partitions except the home partition.

Hope this helps, I'm still a debian newbie myself.

Brian