Re: tlug: Xf86 Config

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Eltigani Musa wrote:

> Hello every body
> 
> There is no link;
> /var/X11R6/bin/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86/bin/F86_xxxx which is the binary of
> the installed X-Server.
> Please link the files as mentioned above or install the X-Server and run
> Xf86 Config again.
> I'm aborting now
> 
> This is the message I used to face for the fifth time trying to reinstall
> S.u.S.E Linux 5.3
> I do not know how to link, that is why  I reinstalled many times without
> result.
> I need help.

SuSE puts the X link in /var, huh?  I guess everyone likes to do it
differently :).  And the servers go in /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86/bin/ ??  odder
and odder.

anyway, the command to link is 'ln -s'.  use it like this:

ln -s original target

ie:

ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86/bin/XF86_SVGA /var/X11R6/bin/X

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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