X server problems

[Paul King]

Hello

Thanks to Fraser for helping out with the distro I had been using (Debian 
Woody). I tried to upgrade it to Sarge, but there were too many package 
problems, so I decided to install Sarge fresh on newly-formatted /usr and root
directories.

I have a new problem, however. It has to do with the X server. I thought I 
fixed a "no screens found" problem, and had been using X for several hours 
yesterday, but then I had a problem starting new xterms from the GNOME menus. 
Then, when I tried to start an xterm from an existing xterm, I got the error 
"connection to :0.0 refused". And that was starting it as the same user that 
owns the X session. Even the command "xhost +" generated the same error.

I thought I should log off and restart the server. So, I logged off, and 
restarted the server. I found that not only would the server not restart, but 
the dialog (a Debconf dialog, if I recall) it led me to gave a "no screens 
found" error again from the X server. Debconf said it will "disable" the server 
until the problem is fixed. Great. 

<opining>
Whatever happened to the days when you just ran an X server to test your 
XF86Config and then looked at the error messages? I can't understand what 
problem adding this extra layer of techno-bureaucracy is supposed to solve in 
order to supposedly make my life easier. By that, I mean I fail to see what 
problem I am being helped with when a script disables a server because it 
doesn't like my configuration. I would much rather have the thing crash so I 
can check things out on my own.
</opining>

Paul King=========================================================
Paul King              http://www3.sympatico.ca/pking123/


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