Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set? If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in /var/log/xdm-errors
feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# echo $DISPLAY feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# xdm feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# ps auxw | grep xdm root 7017 0.0 1.3 2228 868 ? S 00:29 0:00 xdm root 7038 0.0 0.5 864 356 p4 S 00:30 0:00 grep xdm feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# tail -n 2 /var/log/xdm-errors xdm error (pid 7017): server unexpectedly died xdm error (pid 7017): Server for display :0 can't be started, session disabled Does startx work? If you make up a 'bogus' display, will xdm load (i.e. `export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0`)? Hope this helps, troy BG Lim wrote: > > Thanks for writing. > > I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as > shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The > xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem > to the limits of my knowledge before I asked the list. I suspect it to be > an internal problem of xdm or a function of some not comman setting I'm > missing. > > By the way, kdm does the same thing. > > On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: > > >Hello, first is xdm started, is there an xdm process in the table? If not > >do as root /etc/init.d/xdm start That should give the logon screen for X. > >Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the > >file /var/log/xdm-errors. > >Hope this helps > > > > > >On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using > >> xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get > >> the prompt back. > >> > >> So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result: > >> > >> ... > >> creating socket 177 > >> xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding socket address 177 > >> Nothing left to do, exiting > >> # > >> ... > >> > >> Can anyone help me? I haven't tampered with any of the default settings, > >> except to insert 'start-xdm' in the config file in the X preferences > >> directory. > >> > >> BG > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >> > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null