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From: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11.R2 Beginner Needs Help
Message-ID: <865@vixie.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 88 03:58:39 GMT
References: <5840005@wdl1.UUCP>
Reply-To: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
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In article <5840005@wdl1.UUCP> jyn@wdl1.UUCP (James Y. Nakamura) writes:
# [...] Well, after setting my path to /usr/wdl/bin/X11 I typed
# xinit and it said back to me
# 
# xinit: No such file or directory: Server "X" died on startup

There needs to be a /usr/wdl/bin/X11/X.  It's usually a link to .../Xsun.
The xinit program tries to run the server by the "X" name.
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