----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 22:18 PM
Subject: Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)


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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Dennis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 22:13 PM
| Subject: Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)
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| | As a further followup I have now got to the stage where I can startx
| but
| | only in Twm.  If I try to boot normally I still get the cannot
execute
| | /etc/X11/prefdm message.  So, can anyone help me to get KDE started
| from
| | here, please?  TIA.
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| | ----- Original Message -----
| | From: "Dennis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| | Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 0:17 AM
| | Subject: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)
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| | | Hello List,
| | | Following my earlier post and advice from Ellick Chan I have been
| | | tinkering with XFree86 4.0.1 some more.  I used XFree86 -configure
| and
| | | got a file /root/XF86Config.new which would run X on test at color
| | depth
| | | 8 and 800x600 res.  I then ran xf86config and made a file
| | | /root/XF86Config to run a test screen at my desired color depth 16
| and
| | | 1024x768 res.  Both with a functioning mouse pointer (X pointer),
| | which
| | | is a major breakthrough.
| | | Problem is I can't startx from the console;  I get: bash:
| | | /usr/bin/startx: no such file or directory.  Which is true so I
did:
| | | ln -s /usr/bin/startx /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and got: file already
| | | exists.  So I copied startx to /usr/bin and got the same lack of
| | | response.
| | | If I reboot to runlevel 5 I get:
| | | Linux Mandrake release 7.1 (Helium)
| | | Kernel 2.2.16-9mdk on an i585 / tty1
| | | INIT: cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"
| | | (Repeated ten times)
| | | INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
| | | I feel I am this close, having got the right screen with a mouse.
| How
| | | do I get the system to actually start x and KDE on boot and from
the
| | | console?  Hope you can help! TIA.
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