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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!ablecom!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.isp.net!progroup.com!news From: craig@progroup.com (Craig Shaver) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD Free problem with X Date: 28 Oct 1995 22:46:03 GMT Organization: Productivity Group, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <46ubrb$hmb@trout.progroup.com> References: <46qrqo$13c8@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.progroup.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <46qrqo$13c8@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> To: labutis@ibm.net In article <46qrqo$13c8@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, labutis@ibm.net writes: >After finishing loading BSD, I tried X and all I get is a X pattern on the screen >and a X cursor which the mouse can move, but thats all it does. I also noticed that >Alt-F1 or Alt-F2 does not work anymore. > >What is going on? >I very knowledgeable about unix but know nothing about X. > You should at least have an xterm up. You may need to edit the xinit scripts. See also .xinitrc for startup commands. You may have one that is empty. Man xinit and go from there. After you get an xterm up you will need to start a window manager. Look at twm for the freebsd system. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088