Re: Another dumb newbie question.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: > At 12:42 3/28/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: > >> > >> > I'm slowly getting this system to do what I want, but there are a couple > > > >> > >> I think you need both the line "start-xdm" and "xdm-start-server" in your > >> /etc/X11/config file. > > > >Well, I'll give that a shot. Thanks. > > > And it didn't work, still that old Password: prompt top still shows xdm > running though. My config does not include the line xdm-server-start. However, you may want to check if an X server has been specified in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers something like :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X Cheers. Colin R. Telmer, Department of Economics, Dunning Hall Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 Phone: (613)545-2273 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCUAwUBMz09ZRhhzOJJktw1AQElCQP3V3lIbKkQP/hTefGekkcQK2LevrQSMjo5 RSTlV6pTanJEdTkxX8jjS+kqDP4tyw5EA12uKkbKwsbhb3R8uDd87zH6B+9akBWo /CkocJhmJMXVdgsabnCg/PCPz11oB7SBE4ieVdGpbCJ5YbJGC9Dii0Vrs99QVqg6 WgDqNujb+Q== =PAbe -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Another dumb newbie question.
At 16:57 3/28/97 -0600, you wrote: >Hey, > >1. Don't worry about PEX/XIE messages; they're not important. Thanks. > >2. /var/log/xdm-errors often has useful information in it about >problems xdm is having; perhaps you already knew that, but it never >hurts to mention it. I'll look there, truthfully I forgot and was trying to work too fast. Thanks. > >3. I'm assuming you can start X with startx? I wouldn't try to get >xdm working until I could startx. Benn running well with startx for seeral days now since I got X set up. Many thanks... Jim ++ Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/ Linux! Where I Really went today! ++
Re: Another dumb newbie question.
At 12:42 3/28/97 -0800, you wrote: >Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: >> >> On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: >> >> > I'm slowly getting this system to do what I want, but there are a couple > >> >> I think you need both the line "start-xdm" and "xdm-start-server" in your >> /etc/X11/config file. > >Well, I'll give that a shot. Thanks. > And it didn't work, still that old Password: prompt top still shows xdm running though. Jim ++ Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/ Linux! Where I Really went today! ++
Re: Another dumb newbie question.
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: > > > I'm slowly getting this system to do what I want, but there are a couple > > I think you need both the line "start-xdm" and "xdm-start-server" in your > /etc/X11/config file. Well, I'll give that a shot. Thanks. Jim -- Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/
Re: Another dumb newbie question.
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Smith wrote: > I'm slowly getting this system to do what I want, but there are a couple > of things > that could improve. I added to /etc/X11/config the line "start-xfs" with > the result that the Xfont server now starts up at boot time. I also > added the line "start-xdm", in order to boot straight into the GUI, but > thats not happening. A year or so ago I had Slackware doing that but I > don't remember what I did. I looked at "Top" and verified that xdm is > indeed running. I think you need both the line "start-xdm" and "xdm-start-server" in your /etc/X11/config file. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>UCSD Physics Dept.
Another dumb newbie question.
I'm slowly getting this system to do what I want, but there are a couple of things that could improve. I added to /etc/X11/config the line "start-xfs" with the result that the Xfont server now starts up at boot time. I also added the line "start-xdm", in order to boot straight into the GUI, but thats not happening. A year or so ago I had Slackware doing that but I don't remember what I did. I looked at "Top" and verified that xdm is indeed running. The other concern I have is that I'm seeing an error message at shutdown that "PIE ext. not loaded" "and PEX ext. not loaded". I have installed xext as well as PEX fonts. I'm using the SVGA Server. I'm plowing thru the man and doc pages but its taking hours I don't have. Any advice would be appreciated. Jim -- Debian Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/
