X server??

ksgill · 05-30-2003, 12:14 AM

I accidently deleted some file and now my system will not boot in Gnome oR Kde...how can i reinstall them?? I can log into my system from commandline
thanks

whansard · 05-30-2003, 01:18 AM

you'll need to post a specific error message and your
version of linux for specific instructions., but you can uninstall
gnome or kde, and reinstall them without messing up much.
i assume this isn't an important system, or you wouldn't be
messing around like this.

ksgill · 05-30-2003, 09:56 AM

I am using Mandrake 9.1 , this is the error message I get

[root @localhost root] kde

execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
giving up

xinit : No such file or directory (errno 2) : Unable to connect to X server
xinit : No such process (errno 3) : server error

whansard · 05-30-2003, 10:03 AM

do you think you may have deleted some of your
Xfree files? in /usr/X11R6/ ? you can reinstall X.
i don't know if there is a mandrake add remove package
tool, but you can mount the cdrom, and
rpm -Uvh filename --force if you want to reinstall
something.
you should be able to
rpm -qa
to list all the rpm's that are supposed to be currently
installed
you could also rpm -qa|grep xfree
to look for installed rpm's with xfree in the name.

ksgill · 05-30-2003, 10:16 AM

Actually I was trying to remove kde from my system (I was using gnome) and the system froze. When I rebooted it ...it booted into commandline and apparently deleted files in /etc/X11
Mandrake uses RPM add and remove package tool . Another question is that if i reinstall kde or gnome will it also fix /etc/X11 files?

much thanks

whansard · 05-30-2003, 10:34 AM

you did try typing startx, right?
were you using kdm to login? that might be where it
is stopping.

ksgill · 05-30-2003, 10:47 AM

yes i did and i got same error messages upon typing startx

whansard · 05-30-2003, 10:59 AM

the file .xinitrc in your home directory determines
which window manager X starts with. if it is set to kde
and you uninstalled most of kde, it will not work.
you can edit that file and change what's there to
gnome-session or blackbox or something else.

also answer something before, uninstalling software
will rarely delete config files or data files you have
created. So, if you reinstall what you dumped, the system
will most likely act just as before.