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Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Kent Cheung <kcheung AT zantaz.com> wrote:
> > 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). 

Thanks Andrew, you diagnozed that problem well.  By the time I
got up this morning and read Kent's question, you had already
answered it.  

> Backup your XF86Config file first, in case the default doesn't 
> work for your setup.

Good advice.  I keep a few spare ones in /etc in case I switch 
video cards/monitors (eg. XF86Config.vga, XF86Config.s3).

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

I've never used xfm (or any other X file manager) on BasicLinux,
but if anybody wants it, the package is in /slakware/xap1

Cheers,
Steven