X windows Managers

1998-10-25 Thread Derek McCabe
Ive been able to boot X, but I would like to run a windows manager with it like window maker, but I get a Xterm window, and when I try to manually run a manager, I cannot click on the buttons. What did I do wrong? I dpkged the files, and they seem to install correctly... Is this common for

Help re x windows

1998-10-23 Thread Derek McCabe
in a futile attempt to copy them to disk... I even created my own mini packages file. None of this works, and I have (gasp) almost given up hope. Other then lending out my hard disk to a friend who won't loan out the CD, what else can I do? Derek McCabe, Toronto

newbie d00d

1998-10-20 Thread Derek McCabe
What FTP, directory, and files are needed to get xwindows? I have Debian, and I'm a new user. The computer is a 486 20MBram and no modem. Attachments are welcome!