On Sun, 02 May 2004 00:38, Kent West wrote: > cr wrote: > >However, on trying startx, I got the grey screen with the 'X' for a > >moment then it dropped back to the login screen. (I'm using a text > > login). > > X is starting, but it's not finding any clients to run. Try creating a > file in your home directory named ".xinitrc" (notice the dot) and put > the single line in it "icewm" (assuming you have icewm installed; > otherwise use whatever client you want to start, such as "xterm", > "startkde", "gnome-session", etc). > > If that works, you're one step closer.
Many thanks for the suggestion, but creating a file in /home/cr (and one in /home) called .xinitrc, contents 'gnome-session', had no effect. (And, looking at this old Woody setup that actually works, I don't seem to have a .xinitrc anywhere :) What I do get on trying to start X, is an error message "X warning; process set to priority -11 instead of requested priority -10" (I didn't see this before since it had scrolled off the top of the screen earlier, till I removed an unfound font from XF86Config-4 and its error message stopped) How do I check and change priorities? - and why would dist-upgrade have changed the priority anyway? (And, which 'process' might that be?) Regards cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
