[expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-19 Thread Matthew Van Horn
Posted to newbie, but got no response. Since I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0, I am having problems using my old (8.1) ~/.xinitrc If the file even exists, then startx will not work. I don't know what the cause is, can someone point me in the right direction? The contents of my old .xinitrc are: #!/bi

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-19 Thread kwan
On 20 Nov 2002, Matthew Van Horn wrote: > Posted to newbie, but got no response. > > Since I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0, I am having problems using my old > (8.1) ~/.xinitrc > > If the file even exists, then startx will not work. I don't know what > the cause is, can someone point me in the right

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-19 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 20 Nov 2002, Matthew Van Horn wrote: > > > Posted to newbie, but got no response. > > > > Since I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0, I am having problems using my old > > (8.1) ~/.xinitrc > > > > If the file even exists, then startx will not work. I don't know what > > t

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-19 Thread Ron Stodden
Matthew Van Horn wrote: Posted to newbie, but got no response. Since I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0, I am having problems using my old (8.1) ~/.xinitrc Since you are going from 8.1 to 9.0, this is a major step (8-->9) and compatibility may not be assumed. You need to do an initial install of 9.0

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Van Horn
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 09:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 20 Nov 2002, Matthew Van Horn wrote: > > Since I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0, I am having problems using my old > > (8.1) ~/.xinitrc > > > > If the file even exists, then startx will not work. I don't know what > > the cause is, can someone

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Van Horn
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 23:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 20 Nov 2002, Matthew Van Horn wrote: > > > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 20 23:15:30 2002 > > Can you send/post the relevant portions of the above file? The log in > this email was truncated. I don't really know

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-21 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Stodden wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:39:53PM +1100 : > > Since you are going from 8.1 to 9.0, this is a major step (8-->9) and > compatibility may not be assumed. This is true. The upgrade process is really intended to go from the previous

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

2002-11-23 Thread Matthew Van Horn
On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 07:30, Todd Lyons wrote: > Ron Stodden wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:39:53PM +1100 : > > > > Since you are going from 8.1 to 9.0, this is a major step (8-->9) and > > compatibility may not be assumed. > > This is true. The upgrade process is really intended to go from t