[CLUE-Tech] problems getting X to start

[Adam Bultman]

This is one of the reasons I don't use debian.  You install, and major
things like this come out of the box broken. SSH is another thing I can't
seem to get installed with debian.  Perhaps my installation technique
(select EVERYTHING) is somehow missing it.


Regardless, I can fire up another X session by doing this:

<fire up terminal>
export DISPLAY=:1
X :1 &
<back to terminal>
exec wmaker &


I imagine you could do it with X :0 if you wanted, and export DISPLAY=:0


When I do this, I get two separate wmaker sessions. Woo!


Adam

-- Adam Bultman
adam at glaven.org
[ http://www.glaven.org ]


On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Dave Price wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am settng up debian/woody on a laptop for the first time:
>
> I initially apt-get installed xserver-xfree86
>
> I did not have a startx script but 'X' appeared to start the server.
>
> with a vesa server selected, i get an x desktop with horking mouse
> (pointer moves) but no window manager
>
> I installed xfonts-base and xfonfts-100dpi andblackbox and put
> 'exec /usr/bin/blackbox'  in a ~/.xseesion
>
>
> still no window manager.
>
> i tried apt-get kde, and got a bunch more stuff, including
> a startx which tries to run kde, but the xserver no fails with "
>
> "Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 4, Server aborting"
>
> any ideas?
>
> aloha,
> dave
>
>
>



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hello! 

I am looking for a valid stinit.def file for a QUANTUM DLT 7000 drive. 

Thank you - 

Erich