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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 14:18:02 +0100
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        Dave Bender <bendede@startribune.com>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: startx won't
Message-ID:  <3564298A.B23F6C19@tdx.co.uk>
References:  <01BD848F.5FBBB9D0@MANNY>

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Dave Bender wrote:
> 
> I'm getting an error when I run starts:
> 
> execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 2)
> 
> The /usr/include/errno.h file says that error is ENOENT (no such file or directory), and I suppose the file named 'X' is supposed to be there, but I can't figure out where X is or from where it's being called. I did the straight installation from the ports collection, so I'm confused as to what's wrong and how to fix it.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Thanks.

If it's a new install of X you need to run 'XF86Setup' or 'xf86config' to
setup and configure the server (basically to tell it what video card you
have, what keyboard, mouse etc.) - part of the process is creating a link
from your X-Server (e.g. /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA) to '/usr/X11R6/bin/X'...

'startx'expects the 'current' X-Server to be symlinked to the 'magical' X
file...

Regards,

Karl Pielorz

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