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From: wolf@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: X Windows on A3000!
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.130917.371@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 27 Jul 90 13:09:17 GMT
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In article <25771@snow-white.udel.EDU> lawsonse@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Cy_Borg) writes:
>
>I am the (usually) happy owner of an A3000UX.
>
>I have to admit that I have very little experience with UNIX, but I'm giving
>it my best shot.
>
>My problem is this:
>
>I can't get X to run!  I've run oladduser to set up my account to use
>Open Look.  I've run olinit to (supposedly) set up Open Look.  I type
>
>/usr/X/bin/X
>
>and get the X screen (complete with pointer), but no windows open up on it!
>I have to log on as root on another console to kill the process.  What am I
>doing wrong?
>
>Anyone?  Anyone?
>

Olinit should have set up the X environment for you, including the starting
of the X server and the first client (you should not start the X server
directly by invoking /usr/X/bin/X).

If olinit doesn't do what you want, see if this works.
There should be a program called "xinit" that starts up the server and executes
a default script file ".xinitrc" which it tries to read from your home
directory.  In this file, you specify all the initial X clients (programs)
you want started (usually at least a window manager and an xterm).  If xinit
can't find such a file, it defaults to starting a single client, xterm, which
is your basic terminal window.
('olinit' and 'xinit' function similarly, so you may also want to try creating
your own .olinitrc.)


Hope this helps,
Tom

>AMIX needs an adduser script!  Editing the password file is for the birds!
>
Write your own if you need it.  But how many users are you planning to add
to your Amiga  :-)


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