Xorg config problem

doughy

doughy

I get a black grey grid and a mouse that works when I use Xorg -config.conf.new -retro but only a black screen when I use Xorg-config xorg.conf.new The handbook mentioned that that could be the case when using a version of Xorg starting at 7.4. The thing is I can't get Xorg to start when using startx after I copy xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
 
I get a black screen for a few seconds and then it goes back to the virtual terminal I started it from saying
Code: 
waiting for X server to shutdown
then I get a command prompt. The handbook says the configuration is good if you use Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro and get a black and grey screen, but it's not working when I try to start up X.
 
Do you have any X apps installed? If you don't have an ~/.xinitrc as that user, X will try to launch a couple of xterms and twm. If you don't have twm installed, X will just exit immediately after starting.

Adam
 
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