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Article #1438Re: X 4.01 installation problem
From: Michael
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 01:48
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$1@news.eisa.net.au... > > I just recently installed X 4.01 about a week back and have been > > encountering a problem since. Whenever I try to get into X by typing > startx, > > I no longer see my usual Gnome screen. Instead, some GUI interface that I > > have never come across before starts up. It consist of three terminal > window > > and a clock. Theres no taskbar(not sure if that's what it's really called) > > or anything. No icons. I tried to start Netscape up from there and it > works > > though. > > > > I tried tweaking my configuration through Xconfigurator too but everytime > I > > do that, there ends up being some error saying 'no screens found' or > > something like that. Running xfree86config after this gets me back to the > > problem in the first paragraph. > > > > Hope someone out there can help me out. Thanks > > > > -- > > SHAUN > > shaun0024@hotmail.com > > shadowsfall@hotmail.com > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111240,91d8577bdd60e419,start X-Google-Attributes: gid111240,public X-Google-Thread: faa64,91d8577bdd60e419,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: 11033e,91d8577bdd60e419,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,91d8577bdd60e419,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-18 21:06:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!usenet.net.nz!ihug.co.nz!nsw.nnrp.telstra.net!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: "Michael" <BellevueBeauty@bellevuebeauty.com.au> Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,linux.redhat.misc References: <8pvnkr$fcn$1@news.eisa.net.au> <jdNw5.1692$Fe5.29062@news.dbn.net> Subject: Re: X 4.01 installation problem Lines: 57 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: <FtBx5.53421$c5.149887@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:48:15 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.134.169.254 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 969335781 139.134.169.254 (Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:56:21 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:56:21 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)