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From: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz (Jonathan Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Stupid Newbie XFree86 Question...
Date: 13 Sep 1995 10:44:31 +1200
Organization: Pinnacle Software Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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In <431ofm$d89@solaris.cc.vt.edu> brmalon2@vt.edu (Brian Maloney) writes:

>Hey, I finally re-compiled my kernel so my PS/2 mouse would work with
>XWindows, but I just have one question.  WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET
>XFree86 running?  All I get is An "X" mouse cursor, and the system
>seems to hang after that.  Do I need to be running some other propgram
>first or what?
>

If you run "startx", it should bring 3 xterm windows and a xclock...
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