Subject: Re: X, xterm or startx
To: John Albers-Mead <JAM@jaminc.com>
From: Christopher R. Bowman <crb@Glue.umd.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/22/1997 00:38:53
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, John Albers-Mead wrote:
> I have been trying for a little bit to get X up and running. "startx" and
> "xterm" don't want to work but if I type "X" it launches into X windows but
What precisely does "don't want to work" mean? Does it mean no error
does it mean runs for a second and exists, does it mean I get an
error message(which I haven't included)?
> then I can't do anything (no windows- only the patterned background with my
> mouse cusor looking like an X). I cannot get out of this and I can't get
> any response from the machine. Any ideas?
>
> - JAM
It is very hard to help people with out good details of what exactly you
tried, and what exactly you got back.
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