From: sukhdeep sodhi (sukhdeepsodhi@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu May 17 2001 - 13:10:08 CEST
Hi Stephen,
I tried running X on my machine over mulinux 11r2. All i get is a blank
Sky Blue screen.
When I check the /var/log/startx.log file, the error is
"aterm: can't open pseudo-tty terminal"
Could you help me here
>From: Stephen Isard <S.IsardDeleteThis@ed.ac.uk>
>Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
>To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
>Subject: Re: [mu startx] only root can start x.
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 10:58:44 +0100
>
>Stephen Kasirye wrote:
> >
> > Currently our wireless link is having problems, so you certainly must be
> > reading this mail (very) late. But anyway, please get me the original
>file
> > for your exterm, and then I will put the "\" before the quotes as
> > discussed below.
>
>Ok, it is the /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm that was in the X11 addon at the time
>of mulinux 11r2 (and probably the same in lots of both previous and
>later versions), so I'll mail it to you separately and not clog up the
>list. Note that the "\" is to be inserted before the quotes in startx,
>rather than xterm. I included the whole of my edited version of xterm
>in my message. I'll mail you the startx file from the X11 addon as
>well, although I think you must already have it if you are running X at
>all.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Stephen Isard
>
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