Ok, didn't mean to run this thread off the rails. Just making sure just using startx wasn't the issue the op was experiencing.
On Jul 12, 2011 3:07 AM, "Anthony Campbell" <
ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2011, Wayne Topa wrote:
>> > Not sure this is your issue but most people don't run startx directly. It's
>> > generally an init script to start the desktop manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, etc).
>> >
>> Oh? I have been using startx for 15 + years now. Please let me know
>> why I should be using xdm, gdm, kdm?
>>
>
> Those of us who don't want to use Gnome, KDE and the rest of the desktop
> managers necessarily do use startx. Incidentally, it provides an easy
> way to pass commands to X when it starts.
>
> Anthony (using Icewm)
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