Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:53:55 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startx does not work, startxfce4 does! Message-ID: <4ad871310906170953r56827e13wb4fac8473ac58dd5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A39197D.6000501@eskk.nu> References: <4A39197D.6000501@eskk.nu>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Leslie Jensen<leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > On a newly installed 7.2-RELEASE system with all ports upgraded and cvsup'ed > I have a problem. > > Both root and user has > > .xsession linked to .xinitrc > > and contains > > #!/bin/sh > exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > > > If I execute startx as root TWM is started! > > If I execute startxfce4 as root XFCE4 is started > > > > If I execute startx as user I get a black screen that after some minutes > returns to the prompt. > > If I execute startxfce4 as user XFCE4 is started > > I've checked the rights on startx and startxfce4 plus .xsession and .xinitrc > and they are the same as I have on another 7.2 system that works. > > I could need some help to find the problem. > Hi, Leslie Try this. Create a file: $HOME/.xinitrc containing: /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Then give 'startx' another shot. -- Glen Barber
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