Starting up the X Window System through a display manager if for some strange reason it didn't start automatically
Code:
/etc/init.d/gdm start
(if you are not using gdm as your display manager replace
gdm with
kdm or
xdm or some other...)
But I suspect there is something wrong since it is to say the least not exactly common for it not to start automatically.
To list all errors and warnings from the X log file, execute:
For
XFree86 (Debian 3.1 'sarge'):
Code:
grep '^(EE)\|^(WW)' /var/log/XFree86.0.log
For
X.Org (Debian testing 'etch', unstable 'sid'):
Code:
grep '^(EE)\|^(WW)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
This should give a good clue on to what is going wrong. If this is still not enough, you can take a look at the entire X log file by:
For
XFree86 (Debian 3.1 'sarge'):
Code:
less /var/log/XFree86.0.log
For
X.Org (Debian testing 'etch', unstable 'sid'):
Code:
less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Press
q to quit less when you are done.
To re-run the X Window System configuration, execute:
For
XFree86 (Debian 3.1 'sarge'):
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 --priority=medium
For
X.Org (Debian testing 'etch', unstable 'sid'):
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg --priority=medium
Omit the
--priority=medium part if you want to see all the questions (that normally aren't that necessary to explicitly answer)
