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Date:      Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:37:37 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-5.1 and  X
Message-ID:  <20030819093359.D13358@grond.sourballs.org>
In-Reply-To: <000c01c36656$5b3311c0$55b9ea41@pogo>
References:  <000c01c36656$5b3311c0$55b9ea41@pogo>

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, 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

As you might guess from the tone of the responses, you're seeing exactly
what you ought to be seeing.  There is no indication of a problem in your
message.  'X' starts the X server, period.  It does not start any user
applications (e.g., xterms, window managers, desktops, screensavers).

--
David Fleck
dcf@aracnet.com



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