Ok. Create a file called .xinitrc in ~. Put the following line: exec xterm
type "xinit" at the login prompt. Please then send toe output. On 16-Oct-98 MJ Watson wrote: > After installing 2.0 clean onto my PC, attempts to start up any > window manager fails, as does just trying to start an xterm. > > This output is from an attempt to start up fvwm2: > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option: `:0' > > [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option: `-auth' > > [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option: `/root/.Xauthority' > > > Fvwm Version 2.0.46 Usage: > > X [-d dpy] [-debug] [-f config_cmd] [-s] [-blackout] [-version] [-h] > > [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> can't open display > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > giving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Any suggestions? XF86Setup seems to go OK, though it may have been done as > root, but I'm trying to start my windows as under my userid. I'm not trying > to run xdm, just doing a startx. > > Thanks, > Michael > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Oct-98 Time: 13:18:33 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------
