On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 03:53:19PM -0700, Ken Wilson wrote:
> > I don't know what you mean when you say "I have always been
> > able to run
> > startx and am not intending to mess with that." Since this
> > is the normal way
> > to start the X server, why are you messing around with configuration
> > programs if you already have X working? If you don't have X
> > working, then
> > what *does* this sentence mean?
>
>
> when I type startx, I go into KDE or Gnome. no problem. When I type X,
> (which i am assuming is a different program required by WINE, I get the
> gray screen.
>
> If I'm wrong, please clarify it for me, but I see startx as a method of
You are. Quite. :)
X = The window system. This is the thing that gives you windows and graphical
capability.
KDE/Gnome = Stuff that (presumably) permits communication between software
and a whole lot of other things I've not bothered to figure out cos I
don't need it.
A window manager = Traditionally the software that puts frilly bits around
X's windows and a few other things like mouse menus and suchlike. Today
it's all that plus an app manager and a kitchen sink and godknows what
else.
Wine = A piece of software that runs under X.
When you type startx it first starts X, then it starts KDE or Gnome
according to your preference at the time, then it starts a window manager.
As you can see, X is present in the chain and so you should be able to start
wine happily.
the details of this are probably wrong, but the fact that startx already
starts X and that you should be able to use wine happily with that isn't. :)
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