[KLUG Members] Problems with X After Install

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 14:45 -0400, Kevin Wixson wrote:
> Sorry for double posting. I thought I wasn't getting through on the 
> Novice list. I'll continue the conversation there, but if anyone has 
> pointers and isn't on the Novice list, please let me know what you suggest.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Kevin
> 
> 
> Kevin Wixson wrote:
> 
> > I have installed Knoppix on computers before, and never had a problem.
> > Now, I have this older computer I want to give away to a needy family
> > and have Knoppix running on it, but the install is giving me trouble.
> > The install completes, but I can't get it to boot into X, and once I log
> > in at the text login prompt and type "startx" it blinks, coughs and then
> > gives up with no X. I can't see anything in the messages that indicates
> > the problem, but I'm not very good with this stuff.

You could paste the output of the startx here,  it almost certainly
contains the 'why'
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