Debian-newbie questions

[JoeHill]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 00:21:50 -0400
waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org uttered:

> 1) Help... No X-Windowing!  The startx command gets a response...
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: no such file or
> directory The config file is there, but no X.

what does it say in xserverrc, and is it executable?

one thing you can do to override that config file is to create a file in
your home dir called .xinitrc, and in there put the window manager or
desktop you want to start, for example:

exex gnome-session

or 

exec blackbox

depending on what you have installed and how light or heavy you want
your desktop to be.

again, make sure it is executable by:

chmod +x .xinitrc

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