Re: Could not start Xserver

Svante Signell <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:53:15 +0100
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On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 23:28 +0300, Rostislav Okulov wrote:
> Hello guys.
> 
> I've installed sid latest hurd and can't start xserver with startx or xdm or
> lightdm.
> Errors like:
> 
> xinit: giving up
> xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
> xinit: server error

see http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/xserver-common/

On Debian GNU/Hurd systems, you need to run
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-legacy
and select Anybody for starting X.