Re: Stuck getting my xserver up

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.


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