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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:14:43 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Marc Smith <mercury@tir.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: X Windows
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On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 04:28:22PM -0800, Marc Smith wrote:
> Hello, when I type "startx" to run X Windows. It does nothing. It just skips
> down to the next prompt, no error messages or anything. Am I doing something
> wrong? I have already configured X Windows with XF86Setup. Thanks in advace.

Strange.  It usually prints lots of rude remarks.  What happens if you
enter 'xinit' instead?

Greg