At 05:43 PM 10/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: More progress: For some reason, startx has somehow appeared in the setup even though I did not install it by my own free will. Usually, XFree86 (v4.2+) is installed without the wrapper and one can run xdm. So, I guess I'll just be content to use startx as root or user - no problem Thanks for your help. If anyone can explain what has happened with xdm and startx, I'd be curious to understand.... :)) Phil
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