X free won't start

iro_number1 · 02-12-2007, 06:41 PM

It just says that it won't start and it is probably due to wrong configuration... ( i just installed it and it has not been touched... brings me to shell command line, any one knows how to deal with this thing?

Penguin of Wonder · 02-12-2007, 11:02 PM

Not that I don't believe you, but I'm sure it says more than that. Any line that starts with (EE) would be very helpful.

iro_number1 · 02-13-2007, 01:58 PM

It gives me a box (made form letters) that says it won't start and it asks if i want to see the details. That's it. Nothing else

Penguin of Wonder · 02-13-2007, 02:54 PM

Code:

nano -w /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Try that at the command line after X fails to start. Scroll to the bottom and work your way back up looking for errors. If that commands doesn't work because you don't have nano installed just try another editor like

Code:

vi /var/log/Xorg.0.log