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Date:      Tue, 5 May 1998 13:41:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Colin Nugent <colinn@cyserv1.cybase.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: Starting X
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980505134031.25528J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <354E1F23.D266F67C@san.rr.com>

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On Mon, 4 May 1998, Studded wrote:

> > Dear Sir,
> > 
> >                  Have searched the manual FAQ's etc, and XFREE86, for
> > reference to the following;
> > 
> >           I am able to get an X server running by accessing /usr/X11R6/bin
> > and running the server from there. If I use startx or xinit I get a message
> > saying the server is not in the path.

Try running 'rehash' and make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in your PATH.

> > 2 When I get a server running as described above, I cannot get any windows
> > or colour, just the mouse pointer on a grey background. How do I get the
> > window manager to appear?

Run `startx', not the X server directly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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