sorry, but what is dm? i got the following: ---------------------------- [gabor@wintermute gabor]$ ls -l /etc/rc5.d/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 29 10:54 S01usb -> ../init.d/usb* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jul 29 10:51 S05harddrake -> ../init.d/harddrake* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:54 S10network -> ../init.d/network* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Aug 1 17:35 S11internet -> ../init.d/internet* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:54 S11portmap -> ../init.d/portmap* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 29 10:54 S12syslog -> ../init.d/syslog* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 29 10:54 S20random -> ../init.d/random* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 20 13:45 S20xfs -> ../init.d/xfs* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 29 10:54 S25netfs -> ../init.d/netfs* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 29 10:53 S40atd -> ../init.d/atd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 29 10:54 S56rawdevices -> ../init.d/rawdevices* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 30 08:28 S56xinetd -> ../init.d/xinetd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 30 09:57 S60cups -> ../init.d/cups* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 29 10:49 S70alsa -> ../init.d/alsa* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 29 10:54 S71sound -> ../init.d/sound* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 29 10:54 S75keytable -> ../init.d/keytable* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:49 S80partmon -> ../init.d/partmon* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 29 10:53 S85gpm -> ../init.d/gpm* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:54 S85numlock -> ../init.d/numlock* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 29 10:54 S90crond -> ../init.d/crond* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 30 08:52 S91smb -> ../init.d/smb* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:53 S95anacron -> ../init.d/anacron* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 29 10:54 S95kheader -> ../init.d/kheader* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 29 10:53 S99devfsd -> ../init.d/devfsd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 19 12:29 S99local -> ../rc.local*
----------------------------------- and i have the newest X packages: rpm -qa | grep XFree XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-server-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-devel-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-libs-4.2.0-22mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-22mdk thanks, gabor On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 08:50, Goetz Waschk wrote: > Am Dienstag, 20. August 2002, 14:40:19 Uhr MET, schrieb gabor: > > after installing the newest X*.rpm, > > > > x won't start automatically... > > > > and init 5 won't start it either. > > > > i can start it with logging in in the console-mode, > > and issuing 'startx GNOME' for example... > > > > i remember there was a change in X ( it was changed into a > > service?!?!?)... so maybe that's my problem.. > > This should be fixed in the very latest X packages. Make sure the xfs > service starts before the dm service : > ls -l /etc/rc5.d/ > > The start symlink for xfs must be before the dm link. You can fix this > by hand if you don't have the latest package yet. > > CU > > -- > Götz Waschk <> master of computer science <> University of Rostock > http://wwwtec.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~waschk/waschk.asc for PGP key > --> Logout Fascism! <-- -- That's life for you, said McDunn. Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving something more than that thing loves them. And after awhile you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more. -- R. Bradbury, "The Fog Horn"
