dsl@ttyl[dsl]$Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: dsl@ttyl[dsl]$ started by: jpeters Posted by jpeters on April 13 2006,06:27
I got this after attempting to edit the $HOME/.xinitrc file. What do I do with this? Thanks
Posted by lovdsl on April 14 2006,16:09
If it is any comfort, I am also getting this prompt dsl@tty1[dsl]$ I delelted the partitions on a hd that had a grub install of dsl on hd and repartitioned this drive with a new boot and swap and attemped to run dsl on an 8x cdrom.. useing the swap as I have only 48 meg ram..it goes ahead fine and uses swap but when x is about to load it gives an error and posts the dsl@tty1[dsl]$ prompt. sorry thats all I can say at the moment.
Posted by mikshaw on April 14 2006,17:59
This is what's called a shell prompt, or sometimes called a bash prompt. It's the way you interact with Bash, or whatever other shell you might be running. Its job is to sit there and wait for you to give it commands. Try the command "startx". If you get sent back to the prompt after this, then whatever you did to .xinitrc is preventing X or your window manager from starting. If you never had X running to begin with, then there is a bigger problem, and you should let us know what error message(s) you receive (as specifically as you can, please).
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