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Re: X 4.01 installation problem

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From: Michael
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 01:48
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Hi there,

I thought the X Window System was nothing but the patchwork(?) screen
without a window manager, isn't the 2 xterms, 1 login, and clock the tab
window manager??

Please correct me if I'm wrong, that is just the assumption I was under...

See ya!
Michael


PS:  geez you like crossposting....


"Tom" <NOSPAM propsync@phoenixdsl.com> wrote in message
news:jdNw5.1692$Fe5.29062@news.dbn.net...
> All you are loading up is xwindows without the window manager.  What
distro
> are you using?
>
>
> "Shaun" <shaun0024@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8pvnkr$fcn$1@news.eisa.net.au...
> > I just recently installed X 4.01 about a week back and have been
> > encountering a problem since. Whenever I try to get into X by typing
> startx,
> > I no longer see my usual Gnome screen. Instead, some GUI interface that
I
> > have never come across before starts up. It consist of three terminal
> window
> > and a clock. Theres no taskbar(not sure if that's what it's really
called)
> > or anything. No icons. I tried to start Netscape up from there and it
> works
> > though.
> >
> > I tried tweaking my configuration through Xconfigurator too but
everytime
> I
> > do that, there ends up being some error saying 'no screens found' or
> > something like that. Running xfree86config after this gets me back to
the
> > problem in the first paragraph.
> >
> > Hope someone out there can help me out. Thanks
> >
> > --
> > SHAUN
> > shaun0024@hotmail.com
> > shadowsfall@hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
>
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