----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 22:13 PM
Subject: Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)
| As a further followup I have now got to the stage where I can startx
but
| only in Twm. If I try to boot normally I still get the cannot execute
| /etc/X11/prefdm message. So, can anyone help me to get KDE started
from
| here, please? TIA.
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Dennis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 0:17 AM
| Subject: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)
|
|
| | Hello List,
| | Following my earlier post and advice from Ellick Chan I have been
| | tinkering with XFree86 4.0.1 some more. I used XFree86 -configure
and
| | got a file /root/XF86Config.new which would run X on test at color
| depth
| | 8 and 800x600 res. I then ran xf86config and made a file
| | /root/XF86Config to run a test screen at my desired color depth 16
and
| | 1024x768 res. Both with a functioning mouse pointer (X pointer),
| which
| | is a major breakthrough.
| | Problem is I can't startx from the console; I get: bash:
| | /usr/bin/startx: no such file or directory. Which is true so I did:
| | ln -s /usr/bin/startx /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and got: file already
| | exists. So I copied startx to /usr/bin and got the same lack of
| | response.
| | If I reboot to runlevel 5 I get:
| | Linux Mandrake release 7.1 (Helium)
| | Kernel 2.2.16-9mdk on an i585 / tty1
| | INIT: cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"
| | (Repeated ten times)
| | INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
| | I feel I am this close, having got the right screen with a mouse.
How
| | do I get the system to actually start x and KDE on boot and from the
| | console? Hope you can help! TIA.
| |
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