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Topic: Problem with XFree86, --vanishes every reboot--

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Breadman

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Posted: Jan. 24 2006,13:24

Installing XFree86 causes no problems. Only if I reboot the system I get the following errors:

/home/dsl/.xserverrc: line1: usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86: no such file or directory
/home/dsl/.xserverrc: line1: exec usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86: cannot execute: no such file or directory

When I install XFree86.dsl as explained in the info-file, it is copied to /ramdisk/usr/X11R6.... During shut down a backup is performed and ramdisk erased.

Aren't those files backup'd as well? At my system obviously not. Does anyone know help?

Thanks in advance!

Breadman
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mikshaw

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Posted: Jan. 24 2006,13:37

Applications are not backed up. Backup/restore is mainly for personal data and configuration files.
Adding myDSL packages to a backup is nearly pointless, since DSL can automatically install them at boot. If you don't know the process you should read the faq, the "Getting started with DSL" page that appears on every successful X session, and consider looking through the DSL wiki.

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Breadman

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Posted: Jan. 24 2006,21:57

ok, seems plausible.

Xfree is now installed at Startup. But, unfortunately it does not start. Xvesa starts automaticaly as if Xfree86 was not there.
Why?
All necessary files are put in the correct folders (Xfreeconfig and Xfree itself) but the xserverrc does link to Xvesa.

Normaly (and I've experienced it, though) the .xserverrc is backup'd. So changes i made are restored during booting and after the installation of myDSL- extensions.
So the /usr/X11R6/XFree86 should already exist...

Why does the xserverrc link to the "wrong" X-Server?

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roberts

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Posted: Jan. 24 2006,22:44

This is an extension. This is being moved to the appropriate area.
It should be discussed in the extension area of the board.
When in doubt, look at the section of the repositiory
from which it was downloaded. In this case System.

Breadman

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Posted: Jan. 25 2006,17:14

Maybe the problem lies here:

I'm having 2 USB-devices at one usb- hub. On the one i have my DSL and on the other all extensions i only need at home. When booting i give the following propmt:

dsl mydsl=sda2

so myDSL extensions should be booted from sda2. the problem is that sometimes my DSL-device is sda2, sometimes sda1.

The problem seems not to be the software but my hardware. I guess i have to find a USB-hub which does not change the USB-ports at every boot.

so far with this!
Breadman

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