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Re: Debian on iBook startx problem



On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:42:35PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> Ok, i followed your instructions, but nonetheless, I get a grey screen 
> with the mouse. Nothing else.
> 
> Curtis

Looks like your X is working but nothing is launched.
What do you want to run on X? gnome2, kde, ... ?

You can try to launch an xterm fromn the console. On the console, log as
the same user you used for X then do
   $ xterm  -display  :0.0

Go back to X you should see the xterm.

Christophe
 

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