startx does not work, startxfce4 does!

[Glen Barber]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Leslie Jensen<leslie at eskk.nu> wrote:
> On a newly installed 7.2-RELEASE system with all ports upgraded and cvsup'ed
> I have a problem.
>
> Both root and user has
>
> .xsession linked to .xinitrc
>
> and contains
>
> #!/bin/sh
> exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4
>
>
> If I execute startx as root TWM is started!
>
> If I execute startxfce4 as root XFCE4 is started
>
>
>
> If I execute startx as user I get a black screen that after some minutes
> returns to the prompt.
>
> If I execute startxfce4 as user XFCE4 is started
>
> I've checked the rights on startx and startxfce4 plus .xsession and .xinitrc
> and they are the same as I have on another 7.2 system that works.
>
> I could need some help to find the problem.
>

Hi, Leslie

Try this.

Create a file: $HOME/.xinitrc

containing: /usr/local/bin/startxfce4

Then give 'startx' another shot.


-- 
Glen Barber