when you are in X, use ctrl-alt-Fx instead of just alt-Fx to switch to a virtual console.
i believe the command you want to start gnome with is gnome-session, if you start X via startx you should put that command in your .xinitrc or if you start X via xdm, put it in .xsession. -Casey On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, I guess it is progress. Finally succeeded on Mitsubishi Amity laptop > with xf86config, using monochrome VGA and lowest resolutions. OK, now X will > start, and a get cross-hatched screen with a big black X in the middle. But > system is not responsive to keystrokes, like alt-F2 to try to start a console > & find out what is going on (if possible), and mouse is frozen too. If I > exit with C_A_backspace, I can back to prompt. > > OK. "locate gnome" finds MANY files. But "gnome" at prompt returns: > bash: gnome: command not found. > > Newbie is stuck again and needs clues. TIA, dave > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
