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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:59:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: George <kf7nn@airmail.net>
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Subject: Re: boot fixed but got another problem
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On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, George wrote:

>  i removed my network card and installed another one and now my system
> reboots fine after a "reboot" but i noticed that if i run xinit as root
> i get the xterm in an xwindow ready for a win manager all good....but if
> i run xinit as another user i just get a grey screen and no x term after
> a while it goes back to text mode and says cannot locate server exiting
> on signal 11? 

You need to start X by running `startx'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major