<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Stupid me! Apparently, I did not have anything in /root/.xinitrc. Adding exec /usr/bin/startlxde makes the X server start just fine. Thanks for the help, Dirk Dirk De Becker wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4B44417A.8090902@dzine.be" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> Apparently, if I start xdm instead of running startx, it works OK. I will now try to find out why startx fails. Thanks for your help, Dirk Julien Cristau wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20100105134013.GR3438@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:09:47 +0100, Dirk De Becker wrote: [...] </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us" (II) Dell Dell USB Keyboard: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) HID 04d9:1400: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) HID 04d9:1400: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) Power Button: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) Power Button: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> This log looks like X starts up fine, and then the session ends. Are you sure it's not your session crashing or terminating prematurely, rather than an X problem? Cheers, Julien _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ xorg mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>