On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 17:50, William Warren wrote: > Sorry if this is OT in redhat-list. Pointer appreciated if so. > > I'm running a Dell Dimension with an S3 Virge card, 128 MB Ram, and 9 > GB SCSI HD. The SCSI controller is an Adaptec 2940. > > The root user lost its X desktop during one of the up2date runs. It > used to be there, but now it's gone. Other users are not affected. > > When I enter "startx" at the command prompt, I see the gray crosshatch > background that usually preceeds my desktop, but then everything stalls with > the mouse pointer showing as an "X" in the screen. I can move the mouse or > change screen resolutions, but the desktop never appears. > > I have to explicitly kill the server (Cntl-Alt-Backspace) to get back to > the command prompt. There are no error messages shown. > > Google hasn't been my friend on this. All suggestions welcome. > > Bill
When you're at the console as "root", what about trying: switchdesk windowmaker ...then trying to run "startx" again? If that works, then you can do: switchdesk kde or switchdesk gnome ...and try to get back into X, ay? -- Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kuhn Media Australia -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
