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tommy_fila
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 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:05 pm Post subject: No "black-and-white" stipple pattern when starting |
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I have the following problem:
I configured X by using the following command.
It wrote a new file to my /root directory and I copied that into the /etc/X11 directory. Everything worked out fine and I tried starting X by typing:
The my screen goes black and it loads. I get a cursor on the screen and I can move the cursor around , but I can't see the "black-and-white stipple pattern" (which I'm supposed to get according to the manual). All I can see is a black screen with the cursor on it. What's gone wrong here? Please Help!
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Chickpea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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I have never used that command to start X I ususally use and i get a few xterms and a clock.
Have you tried startx to see what that does? |
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tommy_fila
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I have tried start X and it works fine, but I don't get the background, that is what's worrying me. In all the configuration manuals it says that you are supposed to have a "black-and-white stipple pattern" as the background. My startx works finde and I get the windows up and running, but I don't see the background. What could be the problem here? Do you have a background?? |
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mario
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't get that pattern. You should get it only if your DE doesn't overwrite it. KDE does, so I can't see it. |
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tommy_fila
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| mario wrote: | | You should get it only if your DE doesn't overwrite it. |
What do you mean by DE? I haven't installed anyting (no KDE, no Gentoo)? So I should get the pattern...right? |
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wdreinhart
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| tommy_fila wrote: | | mario wrote: | | You should get it only if your DE doesn't overwrite it. |
What do you mean by DE? I haven't installed anyting (no KDE, no Gentoo)? So I should get the pattern...right? |
Probably not, I haven't seen it since XFree86 4.3.0 came out. Either Gentoo does something non-standard when it installs XFree, or recent versions of XFree don't display that pattern. Now if I start X without a windowmanager or anything, all I see is a black screen with a mouse pointer. |
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tommy_fila
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Now I know that my system is allright! Phew! Thanks again for everyone who posted in this thread! I appreciate your help!  |
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AlterEgo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Black background instead of pattern: edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -br
The "-br" causes the black-only background. |
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