startx command not found

suresheva31 · 10-14-2004, 08:52 PM

Hey guys, i

I am having serious amount of problem reagading my Fedora core 2.0 instalation
i have just installed. when the installation is done, it's asked me to reboot, i did. where it displayed whole bunch of error. When i started i got message saying,

it's not respawing the iniit X; but when i enter it asked me for login name and password, which i gave. I was able to loigin but when i type startx.

this is forth time it's hapenning to me

Bad command

any ideas guys

rjlee · 10-15-2004, 03:12 AM

Is X windows installed? Try

Code:

rpm -q X

If it is, then startx may not be on your path; check if /usr/X11R6/bin/startx exists. If so, add

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin/

to your ~/.xbashrc file.

If X isn't installed, and you selected to install it, it's most likely to a problem with your install CDs rather than with Fedora per se (especially if the CDs were burnt onto CD-Rs); try installing X-whatever.rpm from the CDs directly and note any errors. If that fails, re-burn the CD.

Also, check

Code:

dmesg

and /var/log/messages and see if they list any errors that may be related to X starting up.