On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Mike Merten wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:32:47AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > After yesterdays X update to 3.3.2.3a-9 my system wanted to run xdm (I > > previously didn't use xdm). However, whenever I would log in, it would > > immediately return to the login screen. I decided to remove xdm, but now > > when I try to run X using startx, I get the gray screen and cursor (the > > window manager <icewm-gnome, but it does this with any window manager> > > doesn't get started) then X stops running and I see: > > > > waiting for X server to shut down > > > > Before that, I get: > > > > System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm > > -m us > > -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml > > "Errors > > from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 > > /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' > > > > I had the same problem... check your ~/.xsession-errors file. It > probably indicates a syntax error in the /etc/X11/Xsession file > at line 47. I added a line immediately before the 'default)' case > containing ';;' and everything started working.
That fixed it. Thanks for the quick reply. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen