FreeBSD-5.1 and X

[Ruben van Staveren]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:32:35AM -0400, douglas wrote:
> At a shell prompt, I type "X"
> what  I get is a blue window with a white cross
> (my mouse pointer) and nothing else.
> 
> If I type "startx" I get the expected KDE

Is this an observation ? atleast your 'X' seems to be broken: Since long ago
'X' is to be reported to startup with a gray-and-black-dotted (or
black-and-gray-dotted) background.

You can also edit your .xinitrc to list "xsetroot -solid blue" to let have
startx the same behaviour as 'X'
> 
> Thank you,

No problem

> Douglas V.

- R


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