From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 17 09:10:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA14F106566B for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s0x7c0@netspace.net.au) Received: from smtp.netspace.net.au (mail-out2.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 417AB8FC13 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:10:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DD8237C8D; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:10:07 +1000 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: by mail-out2.netpace.net.au Received: from smtp.netspace.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail-out2.netpace.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dEuOcC5Y7MIC; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:59 +1000 (EST) Received: from webmail3.netspace.net.au (webmail3.netspace.net.au [210.15.221.41]) by smtp.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09EEF37C88; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail3.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B32216C2A; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:54 +1000 (EST) Received: from 119.225.160.157 ([119.225.160.157]) by webmail.netspace.net.au (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:54 +1000 Message-ID: <1279357794.4c417362409ef@webmail.netspace.net.au> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:54 +1000 From: s0x7c0@netspace.net.au To: Reid Linnemann References: <1279235528.4c3f95c883de6@webmail.netspace.net.au> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:18:29 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: WindowMaker has stopped working. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:10:09 -0000 Hi Reid, I tried just using wmaker and I still get a black screen with just the mouse. Tried xterm and then running wmaker but there is no errors or output. cheers, Brett. > > I've never used exec to start a window manager in .xinitrc. Try just > "wmaker". If it's still failing, try putting just "xterm" in .xinitrc > and starting up. IF you get an xterm window, run wmaker from it and > see if you get any errors. > > -Reid > ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au