[Tfug] XF86???

[Bowie J. Poag]

Yup. You're fine -- As long as you have seen the X on the grey 
background, you've succeeded in getting X installed. The rest is cake.

If you havent done so already, apt-get install xinitrc. If I remember 
correctly, thats the package name in Debian. :) Either way, edit 
~/.xinitrc and put whatever programs you want there..It's just a flat 
file, basically a script, that tells X what to load when it 
initializes... Fire up your favorite windowmanager, mozilla, or 
whatever. If X starts up, and finds nothing to do, it will exit 
immediately. Add a line in ~/.xinitrc that says "xterm" or something to 
stop it from immediately committing suicide. :)

Cheers,
Bowie



Earl wrote:

>I am trying to install XF86 using Debian stable on a Sparc Ultra 10 
>Clone. I haven't worked with X before and am not real sure where I am 
>going with it.
>
>I altered the configuration file to fit the Sun monitor specs. When I 
>enter startx command, I get a brief flash of a screen with a dark X 
>in the center. This is followed by several screens of error messages.
>
>I was only getting error messages before. Does this mean I am making 
>progress?
>
>Earl
>
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