Re: Initializing X clients
Hi,
brownh@hartford-hwp.com (Haines Brown) writes:
> Jaume,
>
> You missed one of my points, which was that the command prompt of the
> xterm disappeared as soon as there was keyboard input. Even the
> Ctl-Alt-Backspace to close the X server causes bash to terminate. I'm
> not sure bash quite made it in the first place, for the white
> insertion rectangle should have been solid, I suspect.
>
> I have a ~/.xsession-errors file, and when I press any key I get:
>
> xterm: fatal IO error 32 (broken pipe) or KillClient on X server
> ":0.0"
>
> Does this mean that in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 my keyboard is not
> properly configured? If so, would that have appeared to icewm as a bad
> option?
>
Weird ... To solve the problem, we need more information:
1.- Do you use
a) a graphical login (xdm, gdm, kdm), or
b) type "startx" at the console?
case a): your keyboard sould be configured correctly, otherwise you
would not be able to log in. You have some problem with your account
configuration (check if you have ~/.xmodmap and put it off the way).
case b): A problem with the keyboard is possible.
2.- Check /var/log/XFree86.*.log . Here the complete log of the X
session is logged. Look specially for lines starting with "(EE)"
(error) or "(WW)" warning. If you post this file, people will be
able to help you better
3.- Debian version and version of packages.
.- Are you running Stable (woody), testing (sarge) or unstable
(sid)? (cat /etc/debian_version)
.- Which version of packages? Get them with:
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86
$ apt-cache policy x-window-system-core
$ apt-cache policy icewm
etc. I strongly advise you to install x-window-system-core or
x-window-system to be sure that you did not leave any important X
package out.
4.- You can reconfigure the xserver at any time with
$ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Regards,
Jaume
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