Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:20:00 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Marc Smith <mercury@tir.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X Windows Message-ID: <19980129122000.31680@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <01bd2c6e$70a30b00$6fb18cd1@computer>; from Marc Smith on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:29:08PM -0800 References: <01bd2c6e$70a30b00$6fb18cd1@computer>
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On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:29:08PM -0800, Marc Smith wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 04:28:22PM -0800, Marc Smith wrote: >>> Hello, when I type "startx" to run X Windows. It does nothing. It >>> just skips down to the next prompt, no error messages or >>> anything. Am I doing something wrong? I have already configured X >>> Windows with XF86Setup. Thanks in advace. >> >> Strange. It usually prints lots of rude remarks. What happens if you >> enter 'xinit' instead? > > It does the same thing...NOTHING! I don't know what I am doing wrong. Any > suggestions? OK. Give me the output of this command on your machine: ls -l /etc/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/bin/X* I hope you get it up and running soon so that you can use a mail client which doesn't mangle replies like this one does :-) Greg
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