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#! rnews 1430 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!not-for-mail From: j@interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD Free problem with X Date: 30 Oct 1995 13:23:11 +0100 Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 21 Message-ID: <472g3f$je@ida.interface-business.de> References: <46qrqo$13c8@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de <labutis@ibm.net> wrote: > 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. Well, the X server alone (which you've been starting succesfully, congratulations!) is not of much use for you. You need at least also some X clients, most likely you want to have a couple of xterms and a window manager to the least. Try reading the man pages for xinit(1), and run the command `startx'. If you want to get an X11 login screen, you can run the command `xdm' (as root). -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de [private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]