Am in the process of getting a new box up & running. Am wondering if there is a "simple" (relatively so) x manager that I can use. I plan to be at the clinic 3rd sat this month with the new unit and -hopefully- some stuff to load onto it. Thanks in advance, Dennis
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: > In several postings to these lists, I have asked many questions and > gotten many very good responses. The last major problem with this > system concerns xdm. I have not been able to get xdm to properly start > at boot time. Here is where I have gotten to. > The last 3 lines in my /etc/X11/config file are thus: > start-xfs > start-xdm > xdm-start-server > my /usr/X11/xdm/Xservers ends with this line: > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -verbose -bpp 24 > (my card supports 24bit) > I believe these to be correct. > At boot time, the screen shows the usual scrolling messages, then shows: > Starting xfs > Starting /usr/X11/bin/xdm..... > > Password: > > As soon as the "Password:" prompt appears, the display starts "blinking" > rapidly as if going into an endless loop. I'm unable to login, change > VC's or anything but the "3 fingers". Booting then from the Debian > Rescue disk allows me to go in and rename Xservers to something else and > restore my backup file to "Xservers". The next bootup is normal and goes > all the way to the "Password:" prompt where I enter the root password > and proceed as normal. Question: does the login sequence begin with > "root" pre-loaded in and can that be changed? It looks like once the > login sequence is started it won't allow xdm to proceed. Since xdm > provides its own login widget, thats where I would prefer to do my > login. I wish to not log in as root unless absolutely necessary. I've > found that su root in an xterm gives me all the flexibility I need to do > system maintenance and I'm still really logged in as a user. Please, any > and all help would be appreciated... > > Jim > -- > ======================================== > Debian Linux! Where I REALLY went today! > Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oz.net/~jim/ >
