Simply can't get started!
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Simply can't get started!
started by: Edward The Bonobo
Posted by Edward The Bonobo on Dec. 21 2005,22:41
Hooookayyyy...Booted from DSL CD.
Got a nice picture of a penguin. It went through all the right sort of checks and scans, until...
xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsl/.xauthority
giving up
xinit: No such file or directory (Errno2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (Errno2): Server error
Then it gave me a command prompt line. Any ideas? What's a boy to do?
Posted by larkl on Dec. 21 2005,22:51
Not sure, but you may want to try the CD on another PC. Did you do the chksum on the download?
Posted by doobit on Dec. 21 2005,23:02
different computers require different types of x server, and also different x settings. What type of computer are you using?
Posted by Edward The Bonobo on Dec. 21 2005,23:13
3rd world computer 
PII 333Mhz 64MBI've made progress. Looking through the forum, I figured that xsetup.sh might be 'A Good Idea'. Did this. Then startx...
Result. Desktop. Immediately overlaid by an html page I couldn't move my mouse on.
Ran xsetup gain. Got the right mouse port by trial and error. Still got the .html page, though. I figure there's probably a desktop behind there somewhere. Can't close it, though.
Next step...try changing the screen resolution, so at least I get the Close box?
Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 27 2005,17:31
Hold down the ALT key and use the mouse to drag the window down until you can see the CLOSE box.