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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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