David Coe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Well, as a starting point, try just this: > > 1) exit to be sure we start clean > 2) login (as root or a normal user, doesn't really matter for this test, > maybe even try both to see if there are differences). > 3) at the shell prompt just type 'xinit' and watch to see what happens; > it will either spew out a bunch of text and start an X window with a > single xterm (from which you can 'exit'), or it will spew out a bunch of > text and fail just like before. Let me know what it does, and what it > spews.
Okay, I logged in as root and typed 'xinit' and it went to vt7 and just sits there with a blank screen. Switching back to the vt that I started with, it has the error I previously posted about connection broken. TIA, Ron -- ========================= = Ronald Burnett Farrer = ========================= ------------------------------------ - "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" - - "http://www.magnesium.net/~rbf/"; - ------------------------------------ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! If you let Windows dominate, expect the worst: ! ! "WORLD.SYS is corrupt, reboot UNIVERSE Y/n" ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? "How could this [Y2K Bug] be a problem in a country ? ? where we have Intel and Microsoft?" -- Al Gore ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
