iBook Xserver problems

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bmbeeman · #1 Post by **bmbeeman** » 2005-08-17 01:17

I set up Xserver correctly and installed a GUI at installation, but when I boot up, it says xserver couldn't be started, and it presents me with a command line. I've tried startx, but I get the same result, any ideas?

My Computer:
http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/ibook-se2.shtml

Harold · #2 Post by **Harold** » 2005-08-17 01:47

su to root and do...
# dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

bmbeeman · #3 Post by **bmbeeman** » 2005-08-17 02:02

Still isn't working, and I took care to make sure all of my setting were correct, any other reason why Xserver doesn't like me? (lol)

Harold · #4 Post by **Harold** » 2005-08-17 02:30

What desktop environment / window manager are you using?
What display manager are you using?

Guest · #5 Post by **Guest** » 2005-08-17 02:31

the default, whatever the Debian installer installs by default.

Harold · #6 Post by **Harold** » 2005-08-17 02:36

Do the following. You will get either no response or the location of files that are loaded on your computer. I'm trying to figure out what is loaded.

$ which gdm
$ which kdm
$ which gnome-session
$ which startkde

Guest · #7 Post by **Guest** » 2005-08-17 10:51

$ which gdm
/usr/bin/gdm

$ which gnome-session
/usr/bin/gnome-session

these were the only commands that returned results.

Harold · #8 Post by **Harold** » 2005-08-17 19:02

At the terminal prompt, do xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session and let me know what happens. It would help tremendously if you would post the *exact* error message that is generated when x-windows bombs.

Do I understand correctly that you have *never* successfully started up x-windows since installing Debian? Have you previously installed a different Linux distro on this computer where x-windows *did* work properly? Have you tried posting to lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/?