Re: Bug#34074: xdm login loop failure has happend to a newbie

1999-03-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
> "Edmund" == Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Edmund> Presumably the best way to fix all this for slink is to put Edmund> some clear warnings in the installation instructions. No, I object to talking about problems with specific packages in the Install Manual. The damn docume

Re: Bug#34074: xdm login loop failure has happend to a newbie

1999-03-05 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
When I first installed Debian (on Intel x86) I naively accepted the default answer "yes" to a question about whether I wanted xdm. Of course my computer, at the end of its booting up sequence, triumphantly blanked the screen and "died". At the time I didn't know anything about LILO and boot parame