X & Window Managers

Hello all,
I have been trying to get some alternate window managers
running on my
MobilePro 780 running NetBSD 3.0, but have not had much
success.  I
have made packages for matchbox, icewm, pekwm, and
windowlab. 
$/HOME/.xinitrc did not exist, so i created it and I set
.xinitrc to
be something like:


someapp &
someotherapp &
exec  window-manager-name-here

Then I try:

Xhpc

or

startx

But all i get is the blank grey screen with an x-cursor I
can move
with the stylus.  With matchbox, the cursor switches to the
classic
arrow pointer after about 30 seconds.

When I remove $/HOME/.xinitrc, X starts up fine into twm.

Am I missing something?

I'll post a link to the packages I've compiled once I
verify that they
actually work 

Thanks,
Elijah

elijah rutschman wrote:
  > But all i get is the blank grey screen with an
x-cursor I can move
> with the stylus.  With matchbox, the cursor switches to
the classic
> arrow pointer after about 30 seconds.
> 
How much longer than this have you been waiting for them to
start up?