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  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL 3.32 in qemu report/questions
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:41:20 +1200

James Miller wrote:
>
> I tried icewm, but it won't start: how come?

Did you actually have X working before installing icewm?

> Also, I see your icewm package installation routine overwrites
> .xinitrc -- which proved to be not a little problematic in my case,
> Wouldn't it be wiser for the routine to save the current .xinitrc
> as .xinitrc.swm or .xinitrc.bak rather than just to overwrite it?

It does! The old .xinitrc is called .xinitrc~

> I've also installed Abiword, but I cannot get it to start
> from the CLI (can't open the display 0.0).

It doesn't run from the CLI. It runs from X.

> What's the secret to getting it to run?

startx and then run abiword from the icewm menu, or
execute abiword from an xterm.

> will BL3.4 come out in a floppy version any time soon?

Yes.


Cheers,
Steven

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