weird X problem

[Danger Fan]

i setup X 3.whatever using xf86config. it setup fine. when i do "startx", it goes into the gray screen with the mouse curser, and hangs. it doesn't go into gnome (my default). when i hit <ctrl><alt>backspace, it goes back to the terminal. but it doesn't give me any errors. any thoughts?

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Athlon 900
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oh yeah, i've set X up before on the same computer, and it worked fine. but i recently reinstalled Slack, and now i'm having a problem.

[pbharris]

what does your .xinitrc file look like? that is the only thing that hs messed up, x works but the window manager does not.

[Evil Jeff]

That's right, it starts x, but you don't have any window manager/desktop programs that will run. Create a file in your ~ directory called .xinitrc and add a line like:

exec icwm

or

exec gnome-session (I think)

Save it and try using startx again.

Evil Jeff
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[scott_R]

you probably already know this, but when you set up your video card, did you get the same grey screen? If you did, and not a screen with something on it, you may have a problem with the video card.

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