Re: Stuck getting my xserver up

["Mumia W." <mumia.w.18.spam+nospam@earthlink.net>]

On 07/30/2006 02:41 PM, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Argh, I got through updating this Sid machine, but when I run startx
> I just get a gray screen and no X cursor.  I have a Matrox G550 and
> was running Xinerama before.
>
> I'll post links to my logs below.
>
> A number of packages were "held back" when I finished the update,
> although I doubt this would be a problem for the xserver:
>
>     # apt-get dist-upgrade
>     Reading package lists... Done
>     Building dependency tree... Done
>     Calculating upgrade... Done
>     The following packages have been kept back:
>       bzflag checkinstall dbus-1-utils ffmpeg gdk-imlib1 gksu
>       libavifile-0.7c2 libdiscover1 libdiscover2 libggi2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0
>       libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss mjpegtools mozilla-mplayer
>       mplayer-k6 ntp planetpenguin-racer python-apt python-crypto
>       python-twisted-core python-twisted-lore python-twisted-mail
>       python-twisted-names python-twisted-news python-twisted-runner
>       python-twisted-web python-twisted-words transcode
>     0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
>
>
> Is .xsession still used?  That's the file I have been using to start
> icewm.  So, I created a new .xinitrc file instead with just:
>
>     moseley@bumby:~$ cat .xinitrc
>     exec xterm

Do "man Xsession." It seems that .xsession is still used, but 
.xinitrc is given priority.

Although it shouldn't make a difference, try writing .xinitrc 
without the 'exec.' Even better would be to try this:

$ xinit /usr/bin/icewm-session

That should ignore any .xinitrc/.xsession problems.

Note: I'm a Sarge user and don't know much about Sid.