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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Can't start XFree
In-Reply-To: <199701211020.LAA00207@mail.umu.se> from Lars Fredriksson at "Jan 21, 97 11:20:33 am"
To: natad@cryogen.com (Lars Fredriksson)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:47:15 +0100 (MET)
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> Hi!
> 
> I installed X-Windows 3.2 on my 2.1.6 system for a few days ago (I used
> /stand/sysintall) but I cant get it workin, when Im enters "startx" I just
> get startx: Command not found. But startx is there, in /usr/X11R6/bin. What
> is wrong ? After the installation could I run X from the installation
> program, I just exited that and then did it create a link. So it works ...
> but hov to start it ?

Did you rehash (if running csh/tcsh)?
Do you have /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH?
Does the link XF86_xxx -> X exist in /usr/X11R6/bin?
Run sh -x /usr/X11R6/bin/startx explicitly and see what happens.


> 
> Thanks for help, Lars Fredriksson
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de