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Date:      Sat, 12 Jun 1999 13:49:03 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
To:        John Garcia <john01@idworld.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Window manager problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906121344250.20035-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3762501D.675A84E1@idworld.net>

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Hi,

On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, John Garcia wrote:

> I recently installed 3.2-RELEASE as an upgrade to 2.2.8, Everything
> seems to have gone fine with the exception that I cannot use the new,
> or for that matter any, window manager( Afterstep, Olvwm, etc.)  The
> only one that works is twm.  When I attempt to use any other I get the
> xserver to start with a few xterm's but no manager.

> I have a working .xinitrc file, so I know that is not the problem.  
> What else could be wrong?

Lots - we need more info than this.  Did you upgrade your ports when you
upgraded the system?  If not, did you keep the a.out compatibility libs?

Is the working .xinitrc _your_ xinitrc or the system default? 

Look in .xinitrc-errors in your directory (I think there's a file like
this - there is for using xdm which I use) and tell us what, if anything,
it says.

Post your .xinitrc as a reference for us.

Brett
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