On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, R. Alexander wrote: > Simon you are a genius !!! > > We are getting closer. > > I have enlightement window manager installed but maybe the /etc/X11/Xsession > is not invoking it ... > > When I launch xinit (not startx) as a matter of fact I see the X desktop > with just a window up at left and no window manager. > > Unfortunately as soon as I touch the mouse the pointer starts behaving very > erratically .... (gpm is not installed) ... > > I tried "reading" the Xsession file but it is really too cryptical for me > ... btw it is very different from the > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/examples/xsession.gz file !!! > > Any help for me ? > > Again thank you very much. I'm really stuck !! > > Bob >
Actually, it was just mentioned on the list that there was a bug in xfree86-common. Check your /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start file and if there are double-quotes around $realstartup, remove them. Simon