/usr/ X11R6/ lib/X11/ xinit/xinitrc:

[wateremotion]

Okay, I am having problems with this message when I type startx.

The messages sent back to me are the following:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: xterm: command not found

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: gmc: command not found

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: blackbox: no such file or directory

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: panel: command not found

I can see a cursor from my ps/2 mouse in the console when I am doing command line stuff, so I am making an assumption that the XF86 is doing okay, but when I do the startx command I get the above mentioned output. This has been a point of extreme frustration since I have not been able to get and Xwindow.

Also what is the difference between xterm and others like eterm? Can I use either with blackbox? Which one is less of a resource hog?

Other background info is I am using Debian (woody) on a laptop. I hope someone can help.

Regards,

X frustration


:mad:

[pbharris]

hello,
i am not sure of why those commands ould go there... i would comment them out and use your ~/.xinitrc for starting up stuff, so try to comment out those lines.

eterm is like a pretty xterm and therefore and xterm is less of a resouce hog.

[wateremotion]

Maybe I worded this wrong but these are the lines I get once I run startx.

So they are from the message log.

If I comment them out in the nitrc then I would not xterm or blackbox for sure. Am I missing perhaps a symlink somewhere.

Better yet can someone show me a website where I can read about setting up xterm, blackbox and the whole X-window procedures to get things running? I normally see setups for XF86 but that just configures that portion but what about things like having to symlink to blackbox or other sidebars one has to do.

Thanks for any help.

[jscott]

make sure they all exist in your $PATH

try something like:

which blackbox

If you get "no blackbox found in /bin:/usr/bin...."

You need to check you $PATH and fix it.