[102252] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Cannot startup X-windows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug McNash)
Wed Dec 2 07:37:23 1998
From: "Doug McNash" <dmcnash@computone.com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:47:23 -0500
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202004754.8526A-100000@network2.cs.usm.my>
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I had a similar problem where I could use startx as an unpriviledged user
but not as root. What's happening is your
clients and window manager are not being started. In the process of tracing
startx->xinit et.al. I noticed that one script (either startx, xinit,
/usr/X11/xinit/{Xclients,xinitrc}) used
#!/bin/bash and the other #!/bin/sh (which are linked on my 5.1
version). I changed the one to #!/bin/sh and it has worked everytime since
and I haven't looked back. Don't ask me why.
Creating my $HOME/.xinitrc also worked if I remember correctly.
>
> I'm using fvwm2 as my X manager.
> Sometimes when i type startx, I can't seem to get into X-windows.
> It just hangs there with the cross cursor..
>
> What's going on ? what could be the problem ?
>
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