On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 01:01:38PM +0200, Leszek Koltunski wrote: > > Subject: After removing gdm 'startx' wont start X > Package: gdm > Version: 2.6.0.6-1 > Severity: grave > > I decided to 'dpkg -P gdm' yesterday and 'startx' wont start X any more > when issued by normal user 'leszek'. ( root can start it ) > > X server starts, ( I added a 'echo Got here! > ~/startx' to ~/.xinitrc > and I get to see the log, also, there are no errors in > /etc/X11/XFConfig-4.log ) but things go wrong later. > > I think this is not an issue of a crashing WM ( WindowMaker ) because > I've tried copying all WindowMaker's -working- init settings of root > to leszek's home dir, to no avail. > > I suspect this may have something to do with the fact that I had 'gdm' > to auto-login 'leszek' before. > > 'apt-get install gdm' solved the issue for me. With gdm purged, are you able to run "XFree86" as a normal user?
What if you add a completely new user; does startx work for that user? Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
