Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, you should make sure you have something like KDE or Gnome installed. If you have, you can tell Linux to start up XWindows on booting. To do this, edit the file /etc/inittab and, in the line which says something like "id:3:initdefault:", change the 3 to 5. If you don't want this to happen automatically on booting up, as root type the command "init 5". Both these methods will display an XWindows login screen, in which you can type your username and password and which will launch KDE, Gnome or another desktop environment of your choice.
Certain display environments require you to click one of the mouse buttons on the desktop to display a menu from which you can run any application. With KDE, Gnome etc you have a button on screen which displays that menu. Ramon Casha Nhar Il-Ħamis, 8 ta' Awissu 2002 12:17, John C. kiteb/kitbet: > Could someone please explain something to me quickly: > I have X installed and operational on my Linux system, but I don't know how > to start programs in X. When I type "X" or "startx" I get the server > loaded, but obviously it's useless without any apps. I don't know how to > get into an xterm, so I try running apps from the command line - but when I > do this I get "cannot open display" errors. I know what I have to do is get > them to open through the X server, but I'm not sure how. I read in the > readme for Afterstep WM I could type: echo "exec afterstep" > ~/.xinitrc > I tried it (not as root) and nothing much happened. No errors or anything, > but also no window manager. My X server (alt-F7) remained blank. What > exactly is "xinitrc"? What other ways are there of starting programs > in/through X? The only way I know of is starting kdm and choosing one of > the window managers from there, but I want something more versatile (and > less cumbersome) than kdm. > > Thanks, > John C. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
