Re: xinit problem

2001-09-14 Thread James Ramsey
--- Dale Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having trouble getting startx to read my > .xinitrc or .xsession > file. I downloaded gdm but then removed it with the > --purge option, > but still I can't get startx to read the init file. > The way I have to > start the window manager is startx /

Re: Unable to start X

2001-09-14 Thread James Ramsey
--- Dale Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did a fresh reinstall of potato, then > upgraded to woody. I > didn't have a working X configuration, just changed > my sources list > and did dist-upgrade. > > Now when I try to connect to X my screen hangs with > a little white > space at the

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-13 Thread James Ramsey
--- Peter Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Ramsey wrote: > > I am so new to linux that I really don't know how to > start > troubleshooting this problem. > When I installed > netscape it created the > following directory in /tmp: > &g

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread James Ramsey
--- Peter Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally installed Netscape successfully (I think!) > and now find that I > don't know how to start it. I changed to the > directory where it is > installed -- /usr/local/netscape -- and tried typing > "netscape", "run > netscape", and "start ne

Re: adding a menu to fvwm2

2001-09-12 Thread James Ramsey
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all > > I have successfully added xjed to my fvwm menu. I am > now trying to add vi and vim to the menu but it > isn't working. has anyone else had this problem? > I am running debian 2.2r3 stable. Hmm, vi and vim are terminal programs. Did you use "xterm -e vi