Re: ipkg upgrade to v.5?

From: Sean J. Schluntz <schluntz_at_responsible.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:20:52 -0700

>> Everything is running just fine, with one problem. The new /etc/init.d/x
>> fails and only gives me the basic X with no wm. It complains four times tha
>t
>> it can't find the 100dpi fonts in the process.
>
>Could you please capture the output of the console on boot and mail it to me?

Sure, it's below.

>This smells like the new window manager pointer (since we let you run
>either ion or blackbox) isn't getting created properly; the old /etc/init.d/x
>has the window manager name hardwired in the startup script, and the
>new one uses an abstract name, which the debian alternatives mechanism is
>supposed to be setting properly to whatever window manager you're using.

That sounds right, X is starting, just no WM which is keeping it from
working.

>A couple other questions: Has ion been installed? Has GTK-menu
>been installed? Is blackbox present (which you were using before).

No, I'm using blackbox. So far it has been doing everything I need. No ion,
no GTK-menu.

Here is the cap:

# ./x.new start
Starting X...
Restoring touch screen calibration
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
ts_ioctl: default minor=1 cmd=1075078667
tsIoctl: cmd 4014660b pdev=c4885e60
 
 
TS_SET_CAL: xscale=-90 xtrans=344 yscale=-62 ytrans=252
 
x-window-manager: not found
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing fro!
sh: turning off NDELAY mode
Received on Wed Aug 15 2001 - 08:13:27 EDT

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