[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       fvwm
Subject:    Re: FVWM: Newbie Question
From:       Erik Steffl <esteffl () pbi ! net>
Date:       2001-01-29 16:13:36
[Download RAW message or body]

  doesn't look like fvwm problem but like X server problem.try to use
some other program instead of fvwm (xterm or whatever else) and see if X
will come up, once you have X running (no window manager) you can run
fvwm

	erik

Vaughn Eisler wrote:
> 
> Wondering if someone can help me.
> 
> I have a Sun Ultra 10 and just installed X11R6.5 and fvwm 2.3.9.  When
> attempting to xinit to start fvwm, I get the following error message:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open /dev/kbd, error 13
> 
> xinit:  Error 0 (errno 0):  Server error.
> 
> However, my console keyboard exists and is functioning:
> 
> $ cd /dev
> $ ls -las kbd
>    2 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          31 Jan 20 16:49 kbd ->
> ../devices/pseudo/conskbd@0:kbd
> 
> Anyone know how I might be able to work through this error message?  Please
> email me back at veisler@dynamicsoft.com
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vaughn Eisler
> 
> --
> Vaughn Eisler
> dynamicsoft, Inc.
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> 1900 Campus Commons, Suite 420, Reston, VA 20191
> veisler@dynamicsoft.com
> Phone: (703) 860-9085
> Fax: (703) 860-6599
> 
> --
> Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>.
> To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
> message to majordomo@fvwm.org.
> To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner@fvwm.org.
--
Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>.
To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
message to majordomo@fvwm.org.
To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner@fvwm.org.

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]