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>console help
Authored by: zedwards on May 20, '03 11:53:31AM

This is a little off topic, but my .xinitrc has exec blacbox in it because I would like to use that wm when I log in via >console.

When I run startx, it take a while and make a few complaints and then doesn't run.

In contrast, if I ran startx from the terminal, it actually starts "X" and blackbox starts up. I want to be able to use the menu's in blackbox and as a backup which is why I need to log into console mode.



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>console help
Authored by: MasterUltan on May 20, '03 02:13:03PM

Apple's X Server won't run in "Full screen" mode like XDarwin. It will only run "from Aqua", or what XDarwin calls "rootless" mode.

If you've installed both server binaries you can choose to use the XDarwin version by placing "/usr/X11R6/bin/XDarwinQuartz" in a file called ".xserverrc" in your home directory. Then "startx" in console mode will work.



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