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Title: The X server comes up but no windowmanager

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The X server comes up but no windowmanager

Symptom:

You start the X Window System by entering startx or via the xdm respectively. The X server comes up but the GUI is missing.

Cause:

Perhaps neither a system wide nor a private configuration file has been created. This might happen (e.g.) if you cancel a SuSEconfig run.

Solution

Please proceed as given below:
  1. As user root Change to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2

  2. Rename the file .fvwm2rc (You get a list by entering ls -la ) to broken_.fvwm2rc um

  3. Modify the time stamp of /var/adm/packages: 
    touch /var/adm/packages
  4. Now start SuSEconfig

  5. Have a look whether .fvwm2rc has been generated (here you may use ls -la again)

Now you should be able to launch the X Window System with the fvwm2.

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See also:

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Keywords: XFREE, X-SERVER, WINDOWMANAGER, FVWM2, FVWM95, KDE, KWM, STARTX

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Categories: Window Manager , X Window System

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SDB-maddin_wm3, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 11. Feb 1998
Impressum - Last generated: 24. Feb 1999 15:11:49 by maddin with sdb_gen 1.00.0