help with Xorg (Adam Jackson)

Perez Rodriguez, Humberto I humberto.i.perez.rodriguez at linux.intel.com
Mon Jul 31 22:21:08 UTC 2017


Hi Adam :


with '-retro' option now i can a gray background and the cursor, but i 
am not able to do anything else, could you point me in how to do in 
order to run some X clients against my X server please ?


On 7/31/2017 12:43 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-07-31 at 12:15 -0500, Perez Rodriguez, Humberto I wrote:
>> Hi Adam :
>>
>> there is the full log
> This log appears to show a successful startup. You say you only see a
> blank screen, but a black background with no cursor is in fact the
> default. If you're simply trying to test whether X works, the '-retro'
> command line option will paint the old root weave and X cursor. But
> otherwise X doesn't draw anything on its own, and you will need to
> actually run some X clients against your X server if you want to see
> anything.
>
> - ajax



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