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Re: No xterm window?!



Hello,
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 08:15:09PM +0200, Sammy wrote:
> I ran aptitude install x-window-system and successfully installed X-Windows.
> When I run startx I get a gray background with an X in the middle (mouse 
> pointer).
> My mouse is not working, but I don't get any errors (EE) lines in 
> /var/log/XFree86.0.log file.
> >From the HOWTOs, I thought that an xterm window should start by default even 
> though I DON'T have any window managers (such as GNOME or KDE) installed. 
> Isn't that correct?
> Am I missing something??

Is xterm installed?

dpkg -l xterm

Greetings

          Helge

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