Re: Almost there...

[Michael Kell Jensen <mkj%micrun.net@localhost>]

On 01/19/2010 03:58 PM, Michael wrote:
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> Hello,
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> On Jan 18, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Stripes the Tiger Cub wrote:
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> > X11 doesn't work, which is very frustrating because this feels like
> > the first time I installed Slackware over 15 years ago. X brings me to
> > what looks like a really large console instead of an X11. I was able
> > to get this working in Linux without configuring (X -configure).
> > However, I still cannot get it to work after download a few different
> > xorg.conf's for the Thinkpad X200.
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> Since you didn't give any details at all there is no way to even guess
> what went wrong here.
>
> have fun
> Michael

Hehe, yes please add more details. :)

Are you starting X with startx, xdm , startkde. etc. etc ???
try and explain what you do.

If there are error messages, tell us the exact error message.
Best if you can copy paste the message or make the log file available so 
we can see it, as other said.

# hints that might help you - or not?!
For example if you use startx, you might need to look into you .xinitrc
in your home  directory, if the file doesn't exist, create it and fill 
in the following.

.xinitrc file take out between the lines
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xterm &
exec openbox-session
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This is for openbox WM , in general its
exec a_windows_manger_of_your_choice.

Have you installed a windows manager of your choice?

i think twm is the the base Windows manager.


exec /usr/X11R7/bin/twm

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With NetBSD i experienced problems running X properly without a
.xinitrc or .xsession file (?dunno why)

.xsession can have the same content as .xinitrc file