tlug: can't run X clients

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "David" == David J Iannucci <dji@example.com> writes:

    David> I haven't been paying much attention to my Linux system
    David> lately, but I finally managed to get X11 running in
    David> monochrome mode on my ancient 256kb VGA card!  But... after
    David> X is running, I can't seem to start client processes, in
    David> particular xterm.

Do you have any memory left?

    David> When I'm not in X, it's in my path, but apparently not so
    David> (?)  under X.  If I try to start up an xterm through
    David> .xinitrc, or an fvwm menu, nothing happens at all.

Once in X, try to start the xterm and do Ctl-Alt-F1 and look at the
console output.  Then do Alt-F7 and see if you have an xterm.  Then do 
Ctl-Alt-F2, log in as the same user on the 2d virtual console and do
`xterm -display :0 &'.  See if you now have an xterm.

    David> Does this sound familiar to anyone?  Know what's wrong
    David> here?  Does it have something to do with the mono server?
    David> Has anyone out there _ever_ used the mono server? :^)

No.  No.  Probably not.  Yes, once---too painful because the color
scheme left me with lots of black on black and white on white.  (This
is a big problem with RHL 4.2 on Sparc.)  So I don't know much about
it.

HTH

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