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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X Installation Problems
Date: 17 Jul 1995 11:30:09 +0200
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Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>I have configured the X-server and some other things, but when I run X
>all I get is a grey (i.e., black and white display) screen that goes way
>off my monitor, with a mouse prompt 'X', and a frozen system (well, sort
>of frozen, -- the mouse moves the mouse pointer, but that is all I can
>do. I have to hit the 'RESET' key and reboot -- and pray the the
>filesystem is in order -- to do anything).
Kill the (accidentally started) X server with <Ctrl><Alt><BkSpc>.
Don't run ``X'', run ``startx'' instead.
Ask the man pages for details (startx, xinit).
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)