nlee wrote:
> I have now attempted to start X with startx, but when it starts to run, 
> it gives me the message that it recognizes my display, but it then stops 
> after giving me the following:
> 
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> and then returns me to the prompt.  I am very new at this, and help is 
> appreciated.  Bye.

assuming you're using csh, could you please try:

startx >& x.log

and then tell us what shows up in x.log?  usually there is some more
useful error message than just the one you've noted above.

later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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