At a shell prompt, I type "X" what I get is a blue window with a white cross (my mouse pointer) and nothing else. If I type "startx" I get the expected KDE Thank you, Douglas V.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:32:35AM -0400, douglas wrote:> At a shell prompt, I type "X" > what I get is a blue window with a white cross > (my mouse pointer) and nothing else.and what do you expect?> If I type "startx" I get the expected KDESo what's the problem? BTW it is STABLE mailing list. -ip -- They're only trying to make me LOOK paranoid!
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, douglas wrote:> At a shell prompt, I type "X" > what I get is a blue window with a white cross > (my mouse pointer) and nothing else. > > If I type "startx" I get the expected KDECongratulations. Type 'startx' if you want to use KDE. Is there a problem? -- David Taylor davidt@yadt.co.uk "The future just ain't what it used to be"
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, douglas wrote:> At a shell prompt, I type "X" > what I get is a blue window with a white cross > (my mouse pointer) and nothing else. > > If I type "startx" I get the expected KDEAs you might guess from the tone of the responses, you're seeing exactly what you ought to be seeing. There is no indication of a problem in your message. 'X' starts the X server, period. It does not start any user applications (e.g., xterms, window managers, desktops, screensavers). -- David Fleck dcf@aracnet.com
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:32:35AM -0400, douglas wrote:> At a shell prompt, I type "X" > what I get is a blue window with a white cross > (my mouse pointer) and nothing else. > > If I type "startx" I get the expected KDEIs this an observation ? atleast your 'X' seems to be broken: Since long ago 'X' is to be reported to startup with a gray-and-black-dotted (or black-and-gray-dotted) background. You can also edit your .xinitrc to list "xsetroot -solid blue" to let have startx the same behaviour as 'X'> > Thank you,No problem> Douglas V.- R -- ,-_ .----------------------------------------------------------------. /() ) | Ruben van Staveren http://ruben.is.verweg.com/ |_o (__ ( |Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Computers are from hell| #> =/ () `----------------------------------------------------------------' 4