On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:18:32PM -0800, David Lawyer wrote: > Package: xbase-clients > Version: 4.2.1-3 > > When I type startx at the console, it creates an X window with an x in > the center but it only lasts for about 1 second. I then get back to the > text interface with "waiting for X server to shut down". Now if I snoop > with: startx 2&> me > I find that me contains the error message: > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: bad command line option "2" Well, there are a couple of problems here: A) your session might be exiting because you have an empty .xsession or .xinitrc or something B) you are confusing yourself with the error, if you're using a shell that parses redirection operators the same way mine does, then you're passing the argument "2" to the default X client just like the startx manpage says, because, you have mistyped: startx > me 2>&1 or, for some shells: startx >& me > However, if I type startx from a dumb terminal connected to a serial > port, then X starts OK and loads the icewm which seems to work. I can't think of a good explanation for this. > Some more info: My video chip is Cirrus clgd5428 and it uses XFree86 > Version 3.3.6a. The message says it's for Linux 2.4.13 but I run > 2.4.19. Message says it's for i686 but I have a 486: i386. However, > everything seems OK if I start it from a dumb terminal. I saw a message > on the internet from someone else who had this problem some time ago and > I think they also had a Cirrus video chip. I guess it's possible that the VT switching logic in xserver-svga is broken for that chipset. -- G. Branden Robinson | You live and learn. Debian GNU/Linux | Or you don't live long. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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