Problem with starting x windows

tucs · 04-29-2008, 09:39 AM

I am trying startx on the shell and this is the error i am getting

startx
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.10039
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH

Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and
that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display. Possible server names include:

Xorg X.Org displays

xinit: Server error.

What could be the issue?

Okie · 04-29-2008, 09:51 AM

type in echo $PATH and see what you have you should see something like

Code:

anyuser@localhost:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

if not look at /etc/profile

tucs · 04-30-2008, 04:09 AM

This is my output

/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin