For those of you considering upgrading X (or perhaps rebooting after
already upgrading) to version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-9 you
should be aware that xdm wont start X due to a typo.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285151
Alex Romasan provides the fix in the bug report. It's tagged as
Hey,
I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It
says "starting x display manger: xdm", but it never does. Anyone know
why?
(i'm running potato w/ x4)
Thanks,
Cameron Matheson
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote:
I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says starting x display manger:
xdm, but it never does. Anyone know why?
(i'm running potato w/ x4)
Maybe it started but didn't switch vts for you? Try alt-F7? Im not sure,
I don't like booting into
Cameron Matheson wrote:
I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says starting x display
manger: xdm, but it never does. Anyone know why?
(i'm running potato w/ x4)
you might try having a look at /var/log/xdm.log to see why it's failing
(if it is failing). also check and make sure
Hi,
I re-installed gnome (gmc gnome-control-center gnome-panel gnome-session
gnome-game gnome-terminal gnome-utils) with the apt-get installation
tool from Debian after an erroneous installation. This far, I didn't
have any trouble or error message. Of course, some libs had to be
updated to
Thanks for writing.
I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as
shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The
xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem
to the limits of my knowledge before I asked the list. I
Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set?
If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in
/var/log/xdm-errors
feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# echo $DISPLAY
feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# xdm
feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# ps auxw | grep xdm
root 7017 0.0 1.3 2228 868
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Troy wrote:
Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set?
If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in
/var/log/xdm-errors
Yup, my xserver (the SVGA one) is working fine. Bit slow though ;-). I'm
not sure of the DISPLAY variable, but doesn't xdm set it
Hi,
I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using
xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get
the prompt back.
So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result:
...
creating socket 177
xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding
Hello, first is xdm started, is there an xdm process in the table? If not
do as root /etc/init.d/xdm start That should give the logon screen for X.
Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the
file /var/log/xdm-errors.
Hope this helps
On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim
make sure /etc/init.d/xdm is not zero lenght (ie: nothing in the file). As
dumb
as it sounds I kept typing '/etc/init.d/xdm start' and nothing was happening.
Dumb mistake, but it can happen. If it is zero you probably need to reinstall
the package again (xbase if I am not mistaken.)
Good
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