Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 04:10:22 +1100 From: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: Skynet1@cris.com (SKYNET1) Cc: Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Message-ID: <199611031710.EAA03493@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961103112611.20854A-100000@mariner.cris.com>; from SKYNET1 on Nov 3, 1996 11:30:45 -0500 References: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961103112611.20854A-100000@mariner.cris.com>
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--72JDW3SobcfTr3D= SKYNET1 writes: > I installed all of X11R6 and configured it... > When I am at the csh prompt I type X. Wrong. Type 'startx'. > Once I do that, the screen changes to graphics mode. > > The background is just a tiled pattern, and the mouse is a large > X. I can move the mouse around on the screen, but I can't do anything else Because you're running the X server and no clients - not even a window manager. > Nowhere that I click responds, other virtual terminals don't work, > no keys on the key board responds...the only thing that still responds > is the movement of the mouse.... > > What do I do now? Read manpages+manuals on how to configure X, how to configure your window manager and now to run clients. David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn --72JDW3SobcfTr3D= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia iQCVAwUBMnvU2q0PLjnMZgUtAQFtCQP/c9E2qyxlkTMlOM5E8oYzat+twObIyU0D NQ4cIQwKMWuLu1gl+Na+Lr8m7H4/fKAk/fI3ZJLp419HfLjasP5h8JGEwDQeT5Wj JV4Try/dFTpD3UuztFNerg96uNzRFNijnaNhA4/fHbS4g7uh79GnjnP3ZyIDpMgJ 0Dr2RgkJkG8= =X1xx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --72JDW3SobcfTr3D=--
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