From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 3 09:37:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA09632 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 09:37:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (sdev.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA09624 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 09:37:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (8.7.6/8.6.9) id EAA03493; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 04:10:22 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199611031710.EAA03493@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 04:10:22 +1100 From: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: Skynet1@cris.com (SKYNET1) Cc: Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.49 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-md5; boundary="72JDW3SobcfTr3D=" In-Reply-To: ; from SKYNET1 on Nov 3, 1996 11:30:45 -0500 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk --72JDW3SobcfTr3D= SKYNET1 writes: > I installed all of X11R6 and configured it... > When I am at the csh prompt I type X. Wrong. Type 'startx'. > Once I do that, the screen changes to graphics mode. > > The background is just a tiled pattern, and the mouse is a large > X. I can move the mouse around on the screen, but I can't do anything else Because you're running the X server and no clients - not even a window manager. > Nowhere that I click responds, other virtual terminals don't work, > no keys on the key board responds...the only thing that still responds > is the movement of the mouse.... > > What do I do now? Read manpages+manuals on how to configure X, how to configure your window manager and now to run clients. David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn --72JDW3SobcfTr3D= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia iQCVAwUBMnvU2q0PLjnMZgUtAQFtCQP/c9E2qyxlkTMlOM5E8oYzat+twObIyU0D NQ4cIQwKMWuLu1gl+Na+Lr8m7H4/fKAk/fI3ZJLp419HfLjasP5h8JGEwDQeT5Wj JV4Try/dFTpD3UuztFNerg96uNzRFNijnaNhA4/fHbS4g7uh79GnjnP3ZyIDpMgJ 0Dr2RgkJkG8= =X1xx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --72JDW3SobcfTr3D=--