On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:59:40PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:27:55AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > >startx from console. I'm not running a session manager. > > >I get the the gray screen with the cursor in the middle then nothing. > > >I have to CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to get out. > > > > > That means that X is starting just fine; you just don't have any X > > clients running, particularly a window manager. "apt-get install icewm" > > will probably fix it, or you might have to edit/create ~/.xinitrc and > > add the line "icewm". > > > > -- > > Kent > > Umm, I have ~/.xinitrc with twm in it. I will install ICE though. > Thought twm would do it. > > #update-alternatives --display x-window-manager > x-window-manager - status is auto. > link currently points to /usr/X11R6/bin/twm > /usr/X11R6/bin/twm - priority 40 > slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/twm.1x.gz > Current `best' version is /usr/X11R6/bin/twm. > > Thanks for your help. > Chris. > ======
Installed icewm and I can work in X again. I didn't realise twm was that minimalistic. The errors about my video card are still there though. Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
