From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ByVx7-0006gm-00 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:30:38 -0400 Received: (qmail 18705 invoked by uid 0); 21 Aug 2004 13:30:44 -0000 Received: from user-69-1-42-78.knology.net (HELO localhost) (69.1.42.78) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2004 13:30:44 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.34) id 1ByVx1-0005za-OE for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:30:31 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:30:31 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040821133031.GB22987@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20040821124421.GC23796@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040821124421.GC23796@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: starting X was Re: about tty's in slackware 10 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:30:38 -0000 Hi. You're sending confusing and wrong information about how to start an X session. If you don't have a display manager running, you would use startx from the console. If you have a display manager such as gdm running, you would log in to the graphical console just the same as a normal user login. Big hint, gdm stands for Gnome Display manager. If you want to use both, you will have to make sure the startx command starts the X session using a display not managed by the display manager. Gdm beeps when it is ready for a user to login. The default window manager for Gnome is metacity, not gdm. Kenny On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 08:44:21AM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > to start x, just run startx. when all activity stops ( your pc speaker > may beep, I'm not sure) type your username. then hit enter, type your > password, then enter again. if gdm is in fact your default window > manager gnome should come up.