startx failure

raiden4201 · 10-18-2004, 08:39 PM

sorry if this has been asked before but i could not find anything that helped in the other posts. I have a dell latitude cpx that has a 233 with 128 megs of ram. The problem that i am having is that i can not get X to start. i try startx and get the error message: execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)

any one? I am still really new to this. and fyi, i just installed mandrake 10.1 first time. also on boot it will run the GUI boot up and inits. It gets to login and that is where i am getting the failures.

masand · 10-18-2004, 11:56 PM

hi there

are u trying to run X server along with the gui u r having???

u need to run a single X server

post the full error message u are getting

regards

opjose · 10-19-2004, 03:03 AM

run XFDrake and change your configuration.

Be sure to TEST the settings you have selected so that you do see the graphics screen test.

It sounds like X is not properly set up for your video/monitor configuration.

raiden4201 · 10-19-2004, 10:40 PM

i dont understand what you mean if i am trying to run x with the other GUI. there is no gui up. I am sitting at the CLI mode and i login in. Then i type start x to start the xwindows and i get the error listed in orginal post.
I also tried to run the XFDrake and it was not found. Any other ideas? Thanks

opjose · 10-19-2004, 10:50 PM

Sorry you are running 10.1 which uses a slightly different configuration program.

I believe it's called XorgConfig or something similiar.

at the console prompt hit Xorg[TAB] to see anything which may match.

Also you can try DrakConf and go into the Video configuration from there.

masand · 10-19-2004, 11:17 PM

hi there

post ur error msgs u r getting

regards