correction, "without any windowmanager" On Sunday 23 September 2001 10:48, you wrote: > I figured out the missing symlinks to get X started. > but now it launches with any windowmanager. it won't read my .xinitrc. it > was before. i checked the docs, they had a sample .xsession and said where > to place. tried that and still no joy. > > ? > > On Saturday 22 September 2001 18:41, you wrote: > > ok, i convinced apt-get to get the latest afterstep. it pulled in 38 meg > > last night. in the process i think it also upgraded my XFree to 4.1. > > at start time it crashes saying that"can't find file or directory > > /etc/X11/X. there is a XF86Config in /etc/X11 but there are not any of > > the normal setup utils in /usr/X11/bin. > > > > i'm very open to suggestion right now.