Re: x11 question

[Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net>]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, corgi corgi wrote:

> When I installed OpenBSD, I typed yes when it asked if x11 will be running
> on this machine.  I selected all the x11 sets as well.  I logged in as root,
> ran xf86cfg -textmode and then ran startx.  I got some error and nothing
> happened.  So just for kicks, I installed WindowsMaker using ports.  When it
> was done, as root, I did a startx again and it worked.  So does this mean
> that in order to get a GUI working after installing OpenBSD, you have to
> install a window manager first?  The only problem after that is my mouse
> would go beserk if I moved it (I selected ps/2 mouse even though my mouse is
> a logitech trackball).  Another problem I have is when I log in as a regular
> user, I get a message about xauthority not found (sorry, I'm writing this
> from memory so I don't remember the exact phrase).  Help.

Re Trackball:  My Logitech marble 2-button ball works perfectly with
this configuration:

Section "Pointer"
   Protocol        "wsmouse"
   Device          "/dev/wsmouse"
   Buttons         3
   Emulate3Buttons
EndSection

Note, do not run the wsmoused daemon.

As for your other questions:

To answer them, more specifics are required, such as the error
message from startx.  It would also be nice to know which X server
you are using. (I.e. where is /usr/X11R6/bin/X [a symbolic link]) pointing?

To get a GUI, you must of course have a window manager, that's what
the window manager *is*.  There are two or three shipped with the
3.0 distribution, notably fvwm2 (masquerading as plain "fvwm"), and
mwm.

As for authority problems, read up.  Man X, XFree86, Xserver, xauth,
xdm, whatever.  X is rather large with several ways of doing the
same thing.

Maybe try capturing the output from startx?

from ksh, bash or sh:
root #  startx >/tmp/startx.log 2>&1

Go over it, it's not noise.

Dave
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