Glenn Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > Excuse my continuing X density. :-) When I run plain X from root, I get a > grey screen and X cursor -- which moves fine -- but nothing else. Either > a) I just don't know how to pop up a console window from this bare > display, or b) I should be getting more than this, and this is a clue to > whatever's wrong. I have included an X.err file below ... it records me > starting plain X up from root, then CTRL-ALT-BKSPing to down it. > > Second, of the WMs I have installed, here is a breakdown of what works and > what doesn't -- thought there might be some common gnd between the members > of each set that would provide a clue: > > Works: Enlightenment, icewm, blackbox, twm, AfterStep Classic > > Doesn't Work: wmaker, fvwm, sawmill > > I'm most interested in this phenom as a sign of something larger wrong > with my system. How can a bloated beast like Enlightenment run > flawlessly when those others don't? WMaker is my favorite WM but I suppose > I can learn to live w/o it ... but what is happening here? And why > *should* I live w/o WMaker ... if I don't want to? :-) What do you get when you run :
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