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sindi keesan wrote:
> 
> > With icewm you click on the penguin to get a menu.  In that
> > menu you will find an xterm.
> 
> I clicked on the bar at page bottom.  I don't see any penguin.  

The penguin is at the far left of the bar.  If you are
still running a virtual screen (not recommended) then the 
penguin might be off the screen to the left.

> I did not find any xterm, just the same sorts of things 
> that I had found in twm - ways to move and resize windows,
> ways to get a list of windows.  

Then you are probably using twm (not icewm) as your window
manager.

> The xterm that I put on the line after icewm in .xinitrc 

Don't put anything after icewm.  All you need in .xinitrc
is the following:  
-----
icewm
-----
Nothing else.  No other words on that line.  No other lines.

> I will keep hunting for manuals for icewm 

You do not need a manual.  Just one word in .xinitrc 
(in your home directory).  Of course, icewm must be 
installed in the path and be executable.

> I had removed # from the line starting in s1 
> I put back the #.  The mouse works perfectly now.
> Maybe just before or after that line in inittab 
> you could put a comment 
> For other dummies' benefit.  

If I put warning messages in all the files that dummies 
might foul up, BasicLinux would be twice the size.  :-)

Cheers,
Steven