Re: Re: Re: X runs but matchbox-window-manager will not display a window

[email protected] (Matthew Allum) Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:01:02 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.matchbox
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi;

on Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:16:07PM -0500, Jordon Hofer wrote:
> If the .xinitrc has just 'xterm', it runs xterm in more of a square than a
> window.  :)  If I run "matchbox-window-manager" from this xterm, it just
> freezes until I press ctrl-c.  If I run "matchbox-window-manager &", I get
> my prompt back but I cannot type in it.  In fact, even a ctrl-c does
> nothing.  I have to ctrl+alt+backspace to kick out of X to get control back.
> 

Im pretty confused as to what could be happening here. Does nothing at
all happen when you run matchbox-window-manager & ? - i.e window
doesn't get decoration borders etc ?

  -- Matthew