On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > > > ------ Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia ------ > > On 97/09/12 at 05:22 AM -0400, Victor Torrico wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Installed X from debian 1.31 CD. > > > > Upon boot the screen comes up with the console login prompt. After I log > > in the console and do a "/etc/init.d/xdm start" the X login window comes > > up and X works fine after logging in. > > > > What must be done to get X to come up automatically instead of stopping at > > the console login prompt? > > The /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm symlink was missing. Made symlink in the /etc/rc2.d > directory of "ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm S99xdm" and all was well. >
The preferred method of creating these links is to use update-rc.d (included in the dpkg package). Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .