Try starting X with in a terminal window using startx -- -rootless
so that you can see any error messages. On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 12:11, Ludwin wrote: > I tryed to after reading the explanations at: > http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php > They give us an example with gnome. I tried to modify .xinitrc (after > copying it from anotherdirectory: > cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc > and making it executable with chmod a+w .xinitrc ) > The example given in the explanation ends with > exec gnome-session > I tried: > exec icewm > It did not work, but anyway, I noted that at the end of .xinitrc , you > can read: > # start some nice programs > > twm & > xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & > xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & > xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & > exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login > > The xclock exists, the xterm program exists as well... > but xterm can't start at all! And xclock starts for some seconds, then > the whole X server crashes! > > > Alexander Hansen wrote: > > Just to be clear, did you actually modify your startup file (.xinitrc) > > to run icewm? > > > > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 10:09, Ludwin wrote: > > > >>xfree86-base, xfree86-rootless, icewm and gimp are installed in my > >>system, and if I click on "X Darwin", a prompt asks me if I want X > >>runnig on fullsctee. If I click "start X", a typical X interface appears > >>for some seconds. A clock appears on the upper right hand. And the X > >>stops. Thats all. Icewn does not even appear. If I type "icewm" and > >>press inter in a terminal, the system tell me that the X server must be > >>lauched and that the $ variable must be "positionn�e" (in french, fink > >>speaks french with me because that's the default language on my mac). > >> > >>Just after installation, I could not even run X for some seconds, > >>because the "XDarwin.app" file was not executable. I had to type "sudo > >>chmod a+x /Applications/XDarwin.app" first). > >> > >>Ludwin > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >>http://www.vasoftware.com > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Fink-beginners mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
