> > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 12 Dec 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > > > > > "Carlo U. Segre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Indeed, that is what I meant above by saying that the configuration > > > > files > > > > seem OK. Both the Xresources files have valid entries in them for the > > > > 'greetColor' (CadetBlue) and 'greeting' (Debian Linux (CLIENTHOST)). > > > > Clearly the configuration files are not the problem but something else > > > > must be set improperly. > > > > > > I have the same problem here, so you're not alone. The files are fine, > > > but xdm appears to ignore them... > > > > > > > The problem is that xdm uses xrdb to read these configuration files > > in. xrdb has been broken for a while. It crashes if run with no > > options. My solution was to mv xrdb to xrdb.bin and create a shell > > script named xrdb that run xrdb.bin with the -nocpp option. > > > > Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem for me. Maybe I didn't > follow the instructions correctly. The script file I put in xrdb is: > > #! /bin/sh > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb.bin -nocpp > > I still do not get the proper login screen. Maybe a bug report is in > order? > > Cheers, > > Carlo
I don't know about xrdb. But I had the same problem (XWindows instead of Debian (Hostname)). It was solved in my case by running the Xserver with 16 bit. I tried it only a minute ago by changing it back and on my computer the result with 8 bit is XWindows and with 16 bit is Debian. So try to set your Xserver (if it is capable) in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to 16 bit mode by appending -bpp 16. Here it helped but I don't know why :-| Greetings, Christian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]