[TAG] startx problem ?

[Joydeep Bakshi]

On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 8:19 pm, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:48:31PM +0530, J.Bakshi wrote:
> > Hi list,
>
> Hello, again.
>
> > xfree86 *startx* command can't provide the aforesaid resolution where
> > *xinit* sets the display to the correct resolution. the display entry
>
> startx is just a wrapper script around xinit -- they both read from the
> same X11 config file (XF86Confif-4, in your case).
>
> [..snip..]
>
> Thanks for the config file, but it was of no use to me.  What I want to
> see from you is evidence that you have checked your *logs* -- namely in
> this instance:  /var/log/XFree86.0.log .  That'll tell you (hopefully)
> where you are going wrong, and why.
>
> Oh, and *please* *fix* your damn .signature file -- be it an
> automatically-generated one, or just plain idiocy on your part -- I'm
> still getting Tux *twice* and you still *haven't* reduced your
> .signature file to <=5 lines.  If you think I'm being harsh -- wait
> until you post elsewhere on some other list;  they'll lynch you more so
> than I.

I am extremely sorry but I had really no intension to make people  
uncomfortable with my .signature. I have disabled my signature and hope this 
time you don't fell any problem. thanks for your suggestion about startx 
problem. let me check the log and if there is any interesting point I shall 
let you know. 
>
> -- Thomas Adam
>
> --
> "One of us is a cigar stand, and one of us is a lovely blue incandescent
> guillotine" -- Stephen Malkmus, "Type Slowly" from "Brighten The Corners"