Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:16:35 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: beef@tht.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: Xwindows won't run after complete re-install Message-ID: <19971008171635.21190@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971007165718.007b3b80@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>; from Jason Wells on Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 04:57:18PM %2B0000 References: <m0xIBHV-000jnKC@enterprise.tht.net> <3.0.3.32.19971007165718.007b3b80@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 04:57:18PM +0000, Jason Wells wrote: >> I copied xinitrc for .../xinit/xinitrc and copied to >> /home/beef/.xinitrc and did chown to myself. But that did not help. I >> am at a loss as what the problem is. I have an ATI mach 64 with 4 >> megs ram and basically did same setup as before. I tried it as root >> and myself. All fails and gives some type of message about SHVSYM or >> something like that. > > You get grey screen and no windows? I did this once. Have you referenced a > window manager in .xinitrc? If you haven't started a window manager you > will get the behavior you described. There's a slight difference. Without a window manager, you get *one* xterm. You also don't get messages about missing SYSVSHM. > Also, start a couple of xterms from xinitrc. X will start up and those > xterms will popup and you will be on your way. YMMV. You'd be a whole lot better off starting a window manager. Greg
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