Re: Stuck on run-level 3 :-(

From: Paul Howarth (paul_at_city-fan.org)
Date: 06/17/05

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    Andoni wrote:
    > Andoni wrote:
    >
    >>>>and the startx command does not work.
    >>>
    >>>In what way does it "not work"? I would expect:
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >>It only returns:
    >>-bash: startx: command not found.
    >>
    >>Does this mean that I do not have a window manager installed?
    >
    >
    > It's more likely that your PATH is set incorrectly. "startx" is part of
    > the "xorg-x11" package, which is almost certainly already installed on
    > your system, and the command should be found at /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
    >
    > What's the output of "echo $PATH" on your system? The directory
    > /usr/X11R6/bin should be included.
    >
    >
    >
    > Ok, found startx in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx it is linked to /usr/bin/X11 (the
    > dir is).
    >
    > When I run it I get:
    >
    > ./startx: line 132: xauth: command not found
    > ./startx: line 133: xauth: command not found
    > ./startx: line 132: xauth: command not found
    > ./startx: line 133: xauth: command not found
    > ./startx: line 141: xinit: command not found
    > ./startx: line 144: xauth: command not found
    > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

    Same problem. /usr/X11R6/bin needs to be in your PATH.

    Try:
    $ PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
    $ startx &> x.output

    Also, what is the output of:
    $ echo $PATH

    Paul. 

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