Hello, you're correct. I got a running X. On doing "sudo startx -- /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf -retro" and putting this in background by appending "&" and then doing "ps" I can see a process for x server running.... Now, to have a gdm and other stuff running, on starting X, should I write a script, as in some more piece of code along with the startx command? coz just a blank screen doesn't help in any way and I have to keep rebooting my virtualbox <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Simon Thum <<a href="mailto:simon.thum@gmx.de">simon.thum@gmx.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">Flittigs at PICT wrote: > Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the > latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX > prefix. > > on doing "sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf" , the X server starts > running and screen goes blank. We also changed the startx script to > accomodate the new path for X. Can anyone help on this? thanks </div>This is perfectly normal. Congratulations, you have a running X. You just don't have a running desktop engine. startx starts X, not the other way round. Try: sudo startx -- /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf HTH, Simon </blockquote></div> -- Regards, Sneha Runwal Pratik Munot Amey Moghe Mrunal Nargunde