Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #2204
Try telling us what's in your $home/.xsession
This file is what's loaded when you use startx. Maybe
It's trying to start WM with the argument -clientId
and no such argument exists for WM. I don't know what
the arguments for WM are because I use BlackBox, but
try editing the line in $home/.xsession that says
something like "exec /bin/X11/windowmaker -clientId
blabla..." and remove the -clientId part.
Hope this all helps.
>I have a rather typical setup here, when I do startx
as a
>user I have the basic X Server running with nothing
on it.
>The startx on the console tells me that WindowMaker
could
>not be started because of an "invalid argument --
'->clientId'"
>Is that error known? How do I get around it?
>This box is running bleeding edge potato from today.
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