thanks for your help so far. I installed xdm (apt-get install xdm), but it doesn't work, when I do /etc/init.d/xdm start I get xdm error (pid 239) start xdm error
when i typ in startx i get fatal screen error, no screens found and one of the shutdown messages is also that xdm is not running. any idea what i did wrong this time? thanks Martin >>I moved from suse to debian, better I am still on the way. Up to now I have two >questions. >>After the installation (which looked fine for me) i get a text login. Is that >correct? >> > >Depends. Debian only installs what you tell it to install, instead of >everything and the kitchen sink like some other distros. This gives >_you_ control instead of giving control to some marketing droid. > >> no graphical login? >>and second, if the text login is correct, how do I start windowmaker or kde? >> >> > >You can run "startx" to start X; the particular window >manager/environment will be controlled by ~/.xinitrc (or is it >~/.xsession? -- I forget). Simply create a file with your favorite text >editor (nano, pico, ae, vi, vim, joe, mcedit, etc) and put in a single >line for whichever wm you want. For example, for icewm, it'd be "icewm". >I think window maker would probably be "wmaker", and I think KDE would >either be "kde" or "startkde"; you may need to do a bit of research >elsewhere on that. > >If you want a graphical login manager, you can > "apt-get install xdm" >(or gdm or kdm or wdm instead of "xdm"). You may need to start it >manually with a command like "/etc/init.d/xdm start". > >>thanks for your help, cheers Martin >> >> >> >> > >Kent > > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------- Martin Wegmann Tropical Ecosystem Research Center PMB 44 Winnellie / Darwin NT 0821 Australia ....... priv. 4 Carpentier Cres. Wagaman / Darwin NT 0810 Autralia 0061 8 8927 1241 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
