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Osage

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Registered: 2010-08-17

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[SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

I ran "pacman -Syu" yesterday afternoon. The following packages were updated:

libtasnl
*kernel26
libxfixes
mdadm
mesa
rsync
syslog -ng
wxgtk
*xf86-input-evdev
*xf86-video-intel
*xf86-video-vesa
*xkeyboard -config

Rebooted for the first time after the update this morning, logged in, ran startx and was told:

/etc/X11/Xinit.serverrc: line 1: /usr/bin/X: No such file or directory

I downgraded the programs listed above with an asterisk beside them, because I figured those were the most relevant. I would have downgraded libxfixes and wxgtk as well, but I don't have any earlier packages from them. Any thoughts? :-(

Last edited by Osage (2011-04-12 15:48:37)

Inxsible

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Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

Rather than downgrading packages, it is always better to try and fix the problem and/or report the problem on the appropriate bug tracker so that the devs can check it out.

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Korrode

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Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

It looks like "usr/bin/X" is referenced where it should be the full path (i.e. a / at the beginning: "/usr/bin/X" )

Try typing starx at /, rather than at ~ (or anywhere else)... or modify the file in question (/etc/X11/Xinit.serverrc) so it uses the full path.

From first glance at least, really, the error looks quite straightforward

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Osage

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Registered: 2010-08-17

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Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

It looks like "usr/bin/X" is referenced where it should be the full path (i.e. a / at the beginning: "/usr/bin/X" )

Try typing starx at /, rather than at ~ (or anywhere else)... or modify the file in question (/etc/X11/Xinit.serverrc) so it uses the full path.

From first glance at least, really, the error looks quite straightforward

Sorry, it does say /usr/bin/X
That was a typo on my part.

bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

pacman -Qi xorg-server

/edit: BTW, your thread title comes from the future

Last edited by bangkok_manouel (2011-04-12 15:29:09)

Osage

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Registered: 2010-08-17

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Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

pacman -Qi xorg-server

/edit: BTW, your thread title comes from the future

Alright. This fixed it. There was no xorg-server package, so I installed it, re-installed the updated packages, rebooted, and it went fine. I'm not sure if xorg-server is new and just wasn't automatically factored in, or if it somehow got deleted. Thanks!

mrbrich

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Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED]2.8.38 and X - Downgrading didn't fix it

I had the same issue, and installing xorg-server worked.  Thanks.