On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:48:55PM +0800, louie miranda wrote: > Hi, i try to install the xfree86*.deb files and some other libraries, and i > choose fvwm for my desktop. And i installed xterm and netscape only.. > > this was in "dselect", now after the dselect installed/configured the > packages.. > > i started running XF86Setup to setup some other things.. > > then after that > > i run startx on the console, it started successfully, but on my desktop only > xterm is there.. > > i mean a blank desktop and only xterm is running, its weird.. > > > btw, on my first installation i did choose the export option, because i > wanted to choose the packages which i really want on my machines :)
Create an .xsession file in your home directory and run fvwm from there. There are good instructions on creating an .xinitrc file at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/x121.html use them for creating your ~/.xsession file. hth, kent -- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
