[Sussex] Gentoo getting me down

[Gareth Ablett]

> >> Tony Wrote
> >> =========> # XFree86 -configure
> >>
> >> which creates /root/XF86Config.new having sensed the card settings
for
> > me.
> >>  I copy this to /etc/X11/XF86Config.
> >
> > I have done this already but these setting only seem to work for the
> > basic X Server
> > I want it to load Gnome into that.
> >
> > Will copying the .new file to /etc/X11 work when I run startx ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Gareth Ablett
> >
> 
> Have you set up ~/.xinitrc?
> 
> Mine looks like this:-
> 
> xset m 3 4 &
> xset b 50 220 100 &
> numlockx &
> xmodmap .xmodmaprc
> exec icewm
> 

I had to create this file by hand so all it has in it is

exec gnome


Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

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