Problems installing X Windows

[Kevin Brown]

why is it that when a package dependency is missing people just say to reinstall
Redhat (or any other package manager based distro)??  Go to google.com (or
rpmfind.net) and do a search for those specific files, it should tell you what
packages they are contained in.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/libgdk-1.2.so.0.html
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/libgtk-1.2.so.0.html


"Barnett, Blake" wrote:
> 
> Re-install and install X-windows during the installation.  (custom).
> 
> *  Blake
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Berkwitt [mailto:mberkwitt@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 12:20 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: Problems installing X Windows
> 
> I just installed RedHat 6.2 as a server.  When I went to "startx" the
> response was there was no such file or program.  I decided to assume there
> was none installed, so I followed the steps for installation outlined in a
> copy of "Mastering Linux" as follows:
> 
> # rpm -i XFree86-x.x.x-x.i386.rpm               // x indicates current
> numbers on Zoot
> cd.
> # rpm -i XFree86-100dpi-fonts-x.x.x-x.i386.rpm  // ignore uppercase errors,
> damn spell checker
> # rpm -i XFree86-75dpi-fonts-x.x.x-x.i386.rpm
> # rpm -i Xconfigurator-x.x-x.i386.rpm
>         /* Here I was told about missing dependencies.
> 1. libgdk-1.2.so.0
> 2. libgtk-1.2.so.0
>  I couldn't find them on the cd by any number so I skipped it   */
> # rpm -i X11R6-contrib-3.3.2-11.i386.rpm
> # rpm -i Xfree86-VGA16-x.x.x-x.i386.rpm
> Figuring I could survive without Xconfigurator, I rebooted and did a startx.
> # startx
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
> execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno2)
> _X11TransSocketUNIXconnect: Can't connect: errno=111
> giving up
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111):unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> Any suggestions??
> 
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