Re: No xterm window by default?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

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?
>  
No clients will be started by default in your configuration.

If you'll add the line

   xterm

to your ~/.xinitrc file (you'll probably have to create this file, with 
just the single line in it), you'll probably be where you expect to be.

--
Kent