[99215] in RedHat Linux List
Re: New User: Two Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Fall)
Thu Nov 12 21:55:56 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:54:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Greg Fall <gmf@dweezil.dyn.ml.org>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Kent R. Frazier wrote:
> Over the last two weeks I have installed RedHat Linux 5.1 and all the
> updates. When I tried to start Xwindows today all I got was a gray screen
> and an "X" for my mouse cursor. I ran Xconfigurator again, but nothing
> changed. Any ideas would be appreciated.
To diagnose the problem, record the X startup errors in a file by typing
startx > ~/xerr 2>&1
After you quit the file ~/xerr ought to contain some useful info.
You may need to make sure you have a file called .xinitrc, .xsession, or
.Xclients that ends by 'exec'ing a window manager. At the console type
% cd
% ls -d .X* .x*
and see which, if any, of those three files you have. If you have none,
start in /etc/X11 and dig around, using 'ls -a' so that hidden files
(the ones with names starting with .) appear. Find an X startup file
and copy it to your home directory. Create symbolic links to that file.
Say the file is .xinitrc. In that case you'd do this:
% ln -s .xinitrc .Xclients
% ln -s .xinitrc .xsession
Make sure that the file itself is executable by doing
% chmod 755 .xinitrc
> #2. I am dual-booting RH Linux and Win95 on a stand alone machine with only
> a modem dailup to the internet. My question is: What services do I need to
> start when Linux boots? Right now my system seem to hang when starting
> sendmail and smp. When I installed Linux, I installed "everything" because
> I wasn't sure what I needed and what I didn't. Suggestions as to what
> isn't need would be helpful. I'm willing to even do a complete reinstall
> with only the needed packages if someone would be willing to give me some
> guidance off list.
On the sendmail hang, see
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~gmfall/sendmlboot.html
(I think).
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