Well, I am trying the whole blackbox thing again--and it is not working quite right. (please note that the computer that is being worked on is nowhere near where I am right now) I type: blackbox, and I get the an error like ''BaseDisplay::BaseDisplay undefined'' (or something extremely similar). Another error message I get when trying to run blackbox is "$DISPLAY not set" After getting that error, I tried typing "echo $DISPLAY" and funnily enough, it was not set. Though after reading through XServer, Xdm, and a few other man pages, is that $DISPLAY is not set until after X11 is started. So I try type ''startx'' and then in the console it gives me in twm, ''blackbox''. It gives me a screen locking error. So I read through some more Xwindows man pages, looking for a way to have blackbox startup with Xserver. So I try ''xinit -- blackbox :0'' and various variations of that, and keep getting errors like: ''unable to connect to Xserver,'' and ''No display surface set in X11Config.'' Which I ran a couple X11 config scripts, and found that the server was perfectly fine the way it was setup (except for an error with the mouse). Member of the Shove Pouya Off A Cliff club, SPOAC. If you wish to join, add these two lines to your signature ------------------------------------------------------------ DAIAGA Dave Astle is a God Association. To join, put this in your sig! [ Got Immortality? ] [ Home page ] [ Evil Twin ] [ Jargon File ] [ Politics Forum ] Projects: [ Game Developer Man ] [ Variables ] [ YearNeo/VariaML ] [ Daytanea ] [ Gnu-Com: Alien Research ]

Be warned: If you have anything in you .xinitrc at the moment, the above posted code will overwrite it.

Thanks--it is working now.

Any idea of how to get the monitor settings to change resolution, or colour depth? That is my only quip left with Blackbox.

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Change your settings!!! (/etc/X11/name-of-your-config-file). If that is correct, you change the res by holding ctl+alt+(plus or minus) keys.

-brad

quote:Original post by Galapaegos
If that is correct, you change the res by holding ctl+alt+(plus or minus) keys.

Thanks... I did not know about that shortcut.