X-window black screen

[mayo2000]

Hi,
i'm troubleshooting X-widow startup problem. I'm booting my FC3 in runlevel3 and after executing X command, the X window manager starts but halt unexpectally on black sreen only with x mouse cursor. Can this be fixed, or where are the logs? Gnome boots OK. Also one stupid question> Why startx runs GDM not X window?

[tashirosgt]

Try the logs in:
/var/log/Xorg.log
/var/log/gdm/:0.log
/var/log/messages

[jayemef]

It sounds as if you are logging into the twm window manager. When you click on the desktop, does a menu appear? Go to terminal and use the switchdesk utility, such as switchdesk gnome, log out and log back in, and see if that does anything.

[mayo2000]

Originally Posted by jayemef

It sounds as if you are logging into the twm window manager. When you click on the desktop, does a menu appear? Go to terminal and use the switchdesk utility, such as switchdesk gnome, log out and log back in, and see if that does anything.

ok thanks. no menu appears after click on desktop. what exactly the switchdesk do?

[jayemef]

It's a utility used to switch between desktop environments/window managers. If you privide an argument, such as gnome or kde, it will change it to that. With no argument at all, it will bring up a gui for you to make a selection.