Installed XFree86 4.3 - now only have xterm. Where's the window manager?

BrianK · 12-12-2003, 12:13 PM

I needed to upgraded to XFree86 4.3 for my GeForce FX card (running RH 7.3). Now that's I've installed 4.3, when I run startx, I only get an xterm. What happened to my window manager and how do I get it back?

shouldn't there be some sort of .xsession file or something like that? If so, what should it contain to bring up KDE?

Thanks.

LinuxLala · 12-12-2003, 12:58 PM

Let me get this straight:
You cannot start X and are in fact stuck with the CLI.

LinuxLala · 12-12-2003, 01:03 PM

Let me get this straight:
You cannot start X and are in fact stuck with the CLI.

ac1980 · 12-12-2003, 01:11 PM

Did you use startx previously?
If you want direct GUI login try xdm or gdm instead, they will likely come configured to launch every installed wm.

BrianK · 12-12-2003, 01:17 PM

Yes I used startx before. It's a brand new box - i always start new boxes at run level 3.

I can, infact, start x, however, I just get xterm - you know, circa '95 Unix look... no panel, no wallpaper, can't close windows with buttons at the upper left/right, etc.

I'm not sure what xdm and gdm are?

LinuxLala · 12-12-2003, 01:38 PM

Abt xdm and gdm, check out the following url's

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO.html

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/XDM-Xterm.html