Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:14:36 +0000 (GMT) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help! my wm just went awol from X! Message-ID: <20030110075555.B31332-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <20030110061736.GA7080@keyslapper.org>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > 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. I don't use ~/.Xclients but this happens on my machine, when the file xinitrc cannot be found or isn't configured correctly. You could test your xinitrc by placing it in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ (this is the default for FreeBSD 4.7) and startx Hope this helps. Uli. > 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 > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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