Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Flittigs at PICT wrote: >> Now, to have a gdm  and other stuff running, on starting X, should I >> write a script, as in some more piece of code along with the startx >> command? > > No, you should just start gdm, and let it start X for y

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Flittigs at PICT wrote: > Now, to have a gdm and other stuff running, on starting X, should I > write a script, as in some more piece of code along with the startx > command? No, you should just start gdm, and let it start X for you. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello, you're correct. I got a running X. On doing "sudo startx -- /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf -retro" and putting this in background by appending "&" and then doing "ps" I can see a process for x server running Now, to have a gdm and other stuff running, on starting X, should I writ

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Simon Thum
Flittigs at PICT wrote: > Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the > latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX > prefix. > > on doing "sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf" , the X server starts > running and screen goes blank. We als

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Tiago Vignatti
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:24:15PM +0200, ext Flittigs at PICT wrote: > > Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the latest > X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX prefix. > > on doing "sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf" , the X serve

Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX prefix. on doing "sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf" , the X server starts running and screen goes blank. We also changed the startx script to accom