I found my problem when I ran: xinit 1>xinit.log 2>&1 X was wanting to run a xterm and I needed to still install xterm.
Thanks for your help. On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 08:09:52PM -0500, Michael L Ried wrote: > I cannot start up X windows after using the startx command. It looks > like X windows is going to start but then it stops soon after starting > up. I am not sure if there is some place to look for error messages. I > assume that I didn't entered something incorrectly when I ran XF86Config > but I am not sure what it is. What should I do now? On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 02:13:40 -0700 kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > Stop any X display managers you may be running (eg: xdm, gdm, wdm) > with: > > $ /etc/init.d/<x-display-manager> stop > > Lauch X with the first of the following that works: > > $ startx -- 1>startx.log 2>&1 > $ xinit 1>xinit.log 2>&1 > $ X 1>X.log 2>&1
