From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F11D10A39 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:32:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2732D152010 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:32:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:32:20 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: tIPMZi8Hi7VpIWvEuAfLlzvMG5n6In+2lrv4fM0lZMxr 1217460739 Received: from localhost (24-105-209-113.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.209.113]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 79A15EB68 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:32:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:32:18 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf) Message-ID: <20080730233218.GA4622@cq.ftml.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20080730132454.GA8937@cq.ftml.net> <20080730224144.GB26013@clearwire.net> <20080730224155.GA11768@cq.ftml.net> <20080730232415.GA2857@clearwire.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080730232415.GA2857@clearwire.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:32:20 -0000 Michael, Thanks for your ideas, but to return to my original problem, it is the xserver-xorg base that does not run for me. It has nothing to do with a desktop. Every desktop will require a running X to be present first, and that is what I cannot make happen here. Others have commented on this, and it seems that xorg insists on a physical monitor connected to the system in order to be configured. I have no monitor. Well, okay, I do, but it is not convenient to connect it to this boxat the moment. I have too much to lose here by following leads that do not seem relevant to my primary issue. At the moment I'm pursuing Samuel's suggestion about xvfb and the xvfb-run script, which appear more promising. Once X is running, I'll worry about configuring a desktop. Chuck On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:24:15PM -0700, Gaijin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:41:55PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > Here's what that gives: > > Package `desktop' is not installed and no info is available. > > Alright. After a 'dpkg -l | grep "desktop"', I get a new > package mentioned...desktop-base. You can try: > > # dpkg-reconfigure desktop-base > > ...and see if you get the real configuration screen to come back up. > debconf controls so much in debian, it's hard to tweak most things > without breaking something, or having your configs over-written these > days.. I'm thinking of going to LFS and stripping everything back down > to bedrock linux. > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (3% of Full) My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net and my cell phone: 1-518-334-9022. -------- It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised.