Do you know what shell is being started (your, or your distro's, default)? ...maybe its config is conflicting with something in X? if so, commenting out parts of its config files could help identify the problem; or maybe just try a different shell to see if that helps...
sorry, not much help here = ) On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:22:10 -0700 Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I recently got Debian up on my laptop, and X working. When I try to | launch an xterm, however, it dies right away. | | I installed KDE and then launched Konsole, and it stays up but I never | get an active terminal I can work with. | | Same with rxvt, wterm, etc. | | Any clues on why I can't get a terminal in X? | | I can Ctrl-Alt-F1 to the console fine. | | Thanks, | Rob _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
