Re: m86k Xwindow
Thus spake mmissett:
> I am new to this and have been trying to get some sort of GUI installed and running. I think I have succeeded in getting at least some bits installed, but I have yet to get anything to work, and would appreciate a bit of guidance. First off, the computer in question is a 68k Mac (and that may be the problem right there, for all I know), specifically, a 68040. Anyway, I have configured with anXious (although, to be honest, I guessed at most of the settings), but the second screen of that gives me:
>
> "Your video card was successfully identified. The Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/devices. You probably have an old kernel. Support for the old Linux PCI interface should be coming soon.
> Server will be installed. Next you'll be presented with some options for your initial X Window system setup.
> Detected Video Card"
>
> This is exactly the message, including where words appear to be missing. I assume, by the way, since this is a new installation, that I do NOT have an old kernel. Anyway, I installed blackbox, but when I try the command 'blackbox', I get the message:
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> "Base Display::Base Display: connection to X server failed."
>
> Does all this mean I have a video card that is simply not supported and what I want to do (a GUI) can't be done, or an I doing something(s) wrong and, if so, what?
> Any help would be most appreciated.
It's important to get a few things understood, I think - The GUI (X
windows) system in Linux is a little complicated. First one program
executes, giving you a graphical interface and so forth, then another
program runs on top of that to manage the appearance of the graphical
interface and to manage any open windows and so forth. Blackbox is a
window manager, and is only the second part of the two. Try editing the
file ~/.xsession to have only the line:
/usr/bin/blackbox
and then back at the prompt,
startx
This will run a whole series of scripts to start X, which will finally
the call blackbox from your .xsession file.
Good luck,
Steve
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