----- Forwarded message from "M. Fioretti" <m.fioretti@xxxxxxxxx> -----
Subject: Cannot use twm or metacity
From: "M. Fioretti" <m.fioretti@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:40:58 +0200
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User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i
Status: RO
Hello,
I have installed shrike choosing KDE workstation + some extra
packages. Today, to compare performance with or without KDE, I created
a .xinitrc file with "exec metacity" in it. I got some second of black
screen and cross cursor, then black screen with arrow cursor and
nothing happened anymore. Switching back to console 1, where I had
given the startx command, I read what is pasted below (previous lines
lost, sorry).
What am I missing? I do have the uncomfortable feeling that is
something really obvious, but just can't see it tonight. Please be
patient :-) . For the record, giving the absolute path to metacity, or
changing it with twm doesn't change anything, except that the "session
failure" warning is missing. Permissions of .xinitrc were the same as
in RH8 (rw-rw-r--?)
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-8
(bhcompile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222
(Red Hat
Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 16:42:56 EST 2003
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 16 19:24:26
2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI
(EE) MGA(0): Need at least 9216 kB video memory at this resolution,
bit depth
Window manager warning: Failed to a open connection to a session
manager, so window positions will not be sav
ed: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined
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Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it
Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/
It isn't easy being a Friday kind of person in a Monday kind of world.
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Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it
Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/
Life is what happens whilst you're busy making other plans
(John Lennon)
