On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Haines Brown wrote:
> Get rid of everything: what a good idea! > > I got rid of everything, and in the .xsession put exec icewm. That > didn't work. So I replaced the command with exec xterm. That did > work--sort of. > > When I start x with the xterm execution, what I get is a black > rectangle in upper left 2/3 of screen with a bash prompt. That sounds > good, but everything else is bad: > > 1. The rest of the screen is trash background (a rough blend of colors > rather than (default?) blue. Shouldn't the terminal have been left > the remaining background intact? > > 2. The terminal has none of the features I'd normally expect a > terminal window to have, such as a window frame. That may be > because I've no window manager running yet. > > 3. The insertion point of the prompt is not a solid rectangle, but an > empty rectangle. Any keyboard input cause the prompt to disappear, > although the black rectangle remains. > > Interesting. I've no idea what it all means. > > Haines > sounds like X is running but no window manager or desktop manager. -K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
