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.o.

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Registered: 2021-10-17

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[solved <:‑|] startx "not working" (in qemu)

i installed xorg but when i type 'startx' i get the following output:

/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 1: [Unit]: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: service: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 7: [Service]: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 14: CAP_NET_RAW: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 18: rw: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 27: [Install]: command not found
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

how do i fix it?

Last edited by .o. (2021-10-18 01:12:18)

Trilby

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Re: [solved <:‑|] startx "not working" (in qemu)

You might want to tell us about the systemd service file that you copied to overwrite xserverrc and why you did that.  That is clearly the problem.  Undo whatever you did and / or reinstall xorg-xinit.

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