On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:48:57PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Francois Fayard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FF> I have compiled XF 4.0.1 in /usr/XF40 (I don't want XF 4.0.1 from Woody > FF> because I run Potato). But now Gdm doesn't start the X server at boot time > FF> and I don't know where I have to configure this special installation. > FF> > FF> I have put the new Xfree PATH in /etc/profile and /root/.profile. > FF> Do I have to add it elsewhere ? > > Two separate issues: > > (1) /etc/profile and /root/.profile only get read when (users, root) > logs in. I don't think they affect random things that happen to > get run. > > (2) Most things that start X servers list out an explicit path to the > X server (e.g. /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA).
Thanks, I had forgotten these kind of files that act like a link. All I had to change is /etc/X11/Xserver. Francois