
It is not working even if I using "startx blackbox & disown", then it shows only pid of session, and I can use kill 'pid' to stop it. To use normal them again I have to restart GDM login GUI screen and login as normal. kcache files in the following directories: To fix this problem cd to /root/.kde/ and delete. To fix this problem cd to /root/.kde/ and delete. You might need to configure your /.xinitrc. To solve that, just install the package that contains startx with the command: apt-get install xinit and then use startx instead of startlxde. "startx fluxbox" then it start fluxbox but the yellow winow still left. This is well known bug in Backtrack Linux v5 KDE 64 bit. Ive run into this problem not because I wanted startx, but because startlxde caused cannot open DISPLAY error. With Crtl+Alt+F2 I can shutdown it and go back to console. "xauth" to do it but I do not know how.Ģnd is that I can use startx in cosole with out loading any X Server and I getting a yellow console in the top left corner where I can write what I want to start for example: fluxbox, and then it starts but yellow window still left and I cannot start any more terminal window there, it closed automaticaly.
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But is become empty and I do not know how to fix work good. if so, then do Ctrl+Alt+F7 switches back to your running graphical desktop. you can not start a desktop, if it is already running, even you switched to a terminal mode via Ctrl+Alt+F1.F6. I had to rebuild that "X cookie" to be able start X session. a in latex if you are already on the LXDE desktop and try to run startx on the desktop, then it is normal as well. Xauthority time out sometimes when I start from console.


And I installed GDM for login screen where I can chose which client I want start.ġst problem is that I have. I had fun to make full reinstall (with config files) of X11 and all X Servers that I had.

I am using "sudo bash" to avid write sudo all the time.
