[yocto] [OE-core] Poky X11

[Burton, Ross]

On 19 October 2014 19:37, akuster808 <akuster808 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I build 'core-image-x11' on Poky, X on wont start. I am using the
> standard Poky clone with no added layers. When I manually start x I get the
> following error:
>
> startx
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 95: twm : command not found
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 96: xclock : command not found
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 97: xterm : command not found
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 98: xterm : command not found
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 99: exec : command not found

Did you at some point do a build with meta-oe enabled, and then not
enabled?  There's a known bad interaction between oe-core and
meta-oe's X init scripts which results in problems like this.  The
quick fix is to wipe your tmp and rebuild (using sstate this should
take just a few minutes).

Ross