Re: Whoops! Lost xdm and startx ability.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hello
>
> I'm using potato and I tried to dselect the Xsun24 Xserver. Now, when
> I startx, I get a blank white screen. I used dselect to add/remove
> xfreecommon, xsun24, xsun, etc. many times. I still cannot get it to
> work. It appears all packages are installed. Currently,
> /etc/X11/Xserver has the /usr/bin/X11/Xsun as the first line in it.
> However, startx still just shows a blank screen.
According to the docs at www.sunhelp.org, the LX has a cgsix framebuffer,
which is 8-bit only.
Considering that Xsun24 is intended for 24-bit framebuffers (like what you
find on an Ultra), that might be the problem.
> Please help. I'm at a loss as to what is happening. My system is a
> sparcLX using the default video card. The LX Video simm is also not
> installed.
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