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X does not start in server 10.0.4

Asked by archerry

I have server 10.04 on my viglen mpc-l,
I installed xorg, but when I run the command "start x" I get the following message:
start: Unable to connect to system bus: failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

What do I need to do to get it working?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Are there any bugs logged for this?

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archerry (alistair-cherry) said : 		#2

I did search for the error message, but the bugs I see do not appear to be related to my problem.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

try booting to root recovery console and running:

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old; dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg; startx

the mv command may give an error but it doesn't matter

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Iain Brown Douglas (iain-browndouglas) said : 		#4

The command is startx
not start x

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archerry (alistair-cherry) said : 		#5

Oops, quite right Iain.
I should have read my notes more carefully.
I now have bigger problem:-
I did startx and it did appear to start, however it would not respond to the keyboard.
I rebooted through an ssh session, but did not get to a login prompt.
I halted through ssh, then switched on again, but still no login.

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archerry (alistair-cherry) said : 		#6

That solved the particular question.
I now need to understand the result.