[1.2.1] Window Manager Startup!!


Subject: [1.2.1] Window Manager Startup!!
From: Irena and Richard Jenkins (rjenkins@pop.alphalink.com.au)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 03:57:05 MDT


Hello there!!

I have been getting version 1.2.1 installed and running on my
machine. The machine is a 6360 with 80 meg of RAM. I have managed
to get console running and today I managed to get Xwindows running
... BUT !!!

After I type 'startx' I get the pattern screen (which is a change
from an error message!!) ... and a cross for the mouse pointer.
Moving the mouse moves the cross on the screen. The display is a
supervga monitor set to work on 640x480. So far so good ... BUT

I cannot get to the window manager!! There is no evidence of an
xterm either! I have installed kde & fvwm2. I tried to get fvwm2
started my copying .fvwm2rc to my home directory...and looking for
obvious shortcomings. I tried to reinstall kde ... but rpm advised
that it was already installed. I also had a look at .xinitrc but no
obvious error was evident.

Nothing seems to make a window manager start up!! I tried typing

'startx kde'

and

'startx fvwm2'

But that doesn't work either.

What can you suggest?/

Thanks for your help...

Richard

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Irena and Richard Jenkins                                    VK1NDV & VK1RJ
Canberra,   AUSTRALIA
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