Thanks Andy!

I'll look at some more of this when I get home tonight.

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:32:29AM -0500, Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) wrote:
> > I don't know what's up with the Debian packages, but you should probably
> > just install the binary packages at www.xfree86.org. Then just rin
> > xf86config, and startx.
> 
> What? Why? Everything you need is allready packaged...you make no sense at
> all.
> 
> >dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> >
> >Care to give me a hint as to what replaced "startx"? And where can I
> >_find_ this information?
> 
> Nothing has replaced startx, make sure the xbase-clients package is
> installed (apt-cache search and dpkg --search are your friends. :).
> 
> Also make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your PATH.
> 
> As for where to find this information, It should be in the documentation,
> but given that woody is pre-felease quality, the push for updating
> documentation hasn't come around yet. That push will come in the final
> stages of the code freeze. :) Currently the best place to find information
> on unstable and testing is #debian on irc.openprojects.net. Ask the crowd,
> but apt the infobot, read the topic and /msg apt news.
> 
> You should also try installing task-x-window-system-core and
> task-x-window-system just to make sure you have everything.
> 
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