Paulo wrote, > Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do > was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that, > booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logged as a user, logout, and then > logged as root (to install something). After logging out, surprise: I got a > screen with some thin vertical strips, no login window, no control.
> I couldn't manage to get a console, then I had to press reset (this was my > first time, how sad ;-( ). After rebooting the same happened, the second > logout > mess my system. Does anyone knows what I am doing wrong? I am using hamm beta2 > (my cheapbytes cd's haven't arrived yet :-) ). Should I upgrade xbase, or > something else, using ftp (I have a slow connection from home, thats why I > haven't done that already)? Your xserver is restarting, failing, and repeating. On one system exhibiting this failure, I found that I coudl give the three-fingered salute between failure & restart, so at least my filesystems were handled directly. All I can suggest is to make sure that you're using matching versions of xserver* and xbase, and to use the XF86Setup utility that comnes as part of the vga16 server package. rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer.
