Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:38:09 +0200 From: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> To: douglas <douglasv@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-5.1 and X Message-ID: <20030820073809.GA90272@erg.verweg.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01c36656$5b3311c0$55b9ea41@pogo> References: <000c01c36656$5b3311c0$55b9ea41@pogo>
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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 KDE Is 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
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