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Re: Xfree Help



"madcrak" <madcrak@worldnet.att.net> writes:

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> ::::::::::::::
> /tmp/mm.a01931
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> scratch what i e-mailed earlier, i got a new error message:
> 
> xinit: No such File or directory (errno 2) no server "X" in path
> 
> TRANS(SocketUnixConnect) () cant connect: errno=22 giving up
> 
> xinit: Invalid Argument (errno 22): unable to connect to X Server
> 
> xinit: no such proccess (errno 3): Server Error
> 

It means you don't have the X server in your path. The X server
usually has a name XF86_<something>, but is referenced by a symbolic
link named just "X". On RedHat systems, it is usually the following:

$ ls -l /etc/X11/X
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           29 Oct 26 17:07 /etc/X11/X -> ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

Note, that <something> is specific to your video card.

-- 
-Alexander

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Alexander L. Belikoff			abel@bfr.co.il
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