While getting a Mimo 7″ touchscreen USB monitor working earlier I needed to install some packages however when attempting to do so I received an error. Initially I thought that I had broken something on a system I had just installed BackTrack Linux on however that was not the case. Below I describe the error received in more detail as well as how to resolve the issue.
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Tags:
apt-get,
apt-get install,
apt-get update,
backtrack,
dependencies,
error,
libxfont-dev,
Linux,
ubuntu,
x,
xorg,
xorg-dev
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When installing Backtrack 4 on a Windows Virtual PC VM this afternoon I got an error when attempting to start the X server. After initially booting the DVD inside the virtual machine I set up for the Backtrack 4 installation I got the error starting X with the startx command. Resolving it was easy for me though I don’t know that it would always be as easy for others. Below I describe the error received when starting X and what I did to resolve the problem.
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Tags:
addscreen/screeninit,
backtrack,
bt4,
error,
fatal server error,
fixvesa,
GUI,
installation,
startx,
virtual machine,
VM,
x11,
xorg,
xorg.conf,
xorg.conf-vesa
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