Re: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect ... Sell me on Linux

From: Franz M. Sauerzopf (sauer_at_ati.ac.at)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:00:26 +0100

In <67742591.0402191225.226fac79@posting.google.com>, John Campbell wrote:

> Looks like nearly everone posting here has gotten past 'startx' so
> maybe I'll find some help here.
>
> I have an otherwise retired laptop that I've tried to refit as a Linux
> machine.
> The idea is that it's a free box and a free OS, and maybe I'll indulge
> my curiosity
> on the cheap by trying Linux. At the moment, I see no business need
> for it. But I do
> see possibilities worth pursuing if the frustration cost is not too
> high.
>
> By now, I am on a second distribution and the fourth or fifth
> installation from scratch,
> and have yet to launch X successfully.
>

Maybe you should consider using the tool xf86config (running it as root).
It comes very handy with older distros (also with new ones), and gives you
a basic setup of X (XF86Config) with lots of comments. MAny people use it
even these days, despite there is now a lot of other flashy and more
modern tools. You will not care, it's nice compared to vi...

Good luck
Franz 

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Franz M. Sauerzopf
Atominstitut, TU Wien