In message <6472b78347@tonyh.tcp.co.uk>,
     Tony Houghton wrote:

> I got X to start up, but it only got as far as displaying a frameless
> window. The pointer wouldn't move and the window didn't have input
> focus, so the machine was effectively locked up and I had to reset,
> slightly corrupting the drive :-(.

A frameless window?
Are you sure that you have started a window manager (fvwm, twm) in
~/.xinitrc ?

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Regards,
   Stefan
   
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