Hello,
does anyone have a clue as to could be causing this problem ?
I am able to get to the other window managers from a graphical login,
but I prefer
to use init 3, and I still have the problem of X crahing when I hit the
CTRL-ALT-F2 sequence.
Thanks again
Eunice Thompson wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> I've installed Mandrake 7.2 on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro,
> P166MHz;80MB Ram; 6 GB hard drive).
> I'm having a few 'minor' problems ( Which did not occur with 7.1, on the
> same system).
> 1. The only window managers that I'm able to start are KDE2.o and XFCE.
> The others (Ice, Blackbox, Gnome...) are installed, but when I type
> startgnome, startice, startfvvm, ... etc., I get an error messae
> stating " Unable to open display ...".
> 2. When in X, if I want to switch to a console , I hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 (-F6)
> and it switches to the text based login prompt, and then X crashes with
> a message of " X server aboterd, code 11).
> If I'm not in X, then I 'm able to switch between the virtual consoles
> without any problem using, Alt-F2 (-F6).
> I did not have this problem when using XFree 3.3.6in LM7.1.
> I'm currently using X-4.01.
> Does anyone have any clues or hints?
> Thanks
>
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> Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires
> tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
> -- Nero Wolfe
> ---
> Eunice Thompson
--
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires
tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
-- Nero Wolfe
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Eunice Thompson
