From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 9 22:17:39 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD1CC37B401 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 22:17:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop017.verizon.net (pop017pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1AFC43F18 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 22:17:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.160.2.29]) by pop017.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.09 201-253-122-126-109-20020611) with ESMTP id <20030110061736.KCLF10203.pop017.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:17:36 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h0A6HaYN007377 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:17:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h0A6Haro007376 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:17:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:17:36 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Help! my wm just went awol from X! Message-ID: <20030110061736.GA7080@keyslapper.org> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at pop017.verizon.net from [68.160.2.29] at Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:17:36 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ok, this one is pretty frustrating. We had a power cut tonight, and my machine rebooted. It came up quite nicely, better than I expected, considering I had recently updated some of the startup packages, and hadn't yet had a chance to power cycle it myslef. One problem. Now, when I log into X, my window manager won't come up. I get the dull grey grid with an 'X' mouse pointer, and the console, but no menu, terminal, nothing. My ~/.Xclients hasn't changed, and that's where I've always started fvwm2 from I even had it redirect error output to a file so I could see what was the problem when something didn't work. Now, I see nothing. The ~/.FVWM-errors file never gets created, so it looks like .Xclients never gets executed. Did the XFree86 desktop init file change? I can't find any docs on it. Manpages aren't much help either. And since I can't get anythign running in X, I can't get a browser up to go to xfree86.org and see. Hell, I like the TTY terminals for some things, but even Mutt is kindof a pain there. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org "Elves and Dragons!" I says to him. "Cabbages and potatoes are better for you and me." -- J. R. R. Tolkien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message