On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote:
In your home dir, try to "echo kde > .xinitrc"
> 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)
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> | 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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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aug 23
