Hello Dale, there is a file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. That file lets you had your xservers. you should have a line that says:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X This line should be the last line in this file. If it isn't the xserver won't get started. I hope this helps. Let me know if this is a fix. Paul On Sat, 22 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I picked up Debian Linux on the Boot magazine CD-ROM, and have been > trying for a couple of days to get it working the way I want it too, with > little success. > > What's the deal with xdm? My understanding was that that was the program > used to login under X, without having to login from a console and then > issue a startx command. During installation I told the program I wanted > to start X with xdm; I see a message when I boot about xdm being started, > and then I log in to a console. Then if I try to use startx like I'm > used to, I get a bunch of error messages about some missing socket thing > (I'm not at home right now so I can't quote the exact error), then I get > an error message about not finding xinit. Anybody know what I did wrong, > or what I need to do? > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .