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[Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:27:57 -0700, Kent Cheung <kcheung AT zantaz.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Finally, I installed the X11 stuff (x-term?), and able to run startx
> command.
> However, I only see a big blue background color on the desktop without 
> any
> icon and something like status bar on the bottom edge of the screen with
> ONLY one black square icon to show CPU usage.

What? No penguin? Perhaps you should reinstall bl2-x.tgz (This needs to be 
the last x package to install). Backup your XF86Config file first, in case 
the default doesn't work for your setup.

how can I get the icon (file manager?) in the desktop? Do I
> need
> to install something too?

Try installing something like X File Manager (xfm.tgz). It will take a bit 
of fiddling but it's OK.

HTH
Andrew