Hi, On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > the login prompt is: > > Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. > Are you sure you have not installed other display managers too, like wdm or kdm? However, on my system I found a file in /etc/X11 named default-display-manager. Check what it says, or if it does not exist do: echo '/usr/bin/X11/xdm' > /etc/X11/default-display-manager (or whereever xdm resists) > I get the same message when I try to launch it manually as root. I'm > been cruising the docs & all the likely files, but don't see how to set > this. I looked in /etc/alternatives, nothing named 'display manager'. I > looked at the conf files in /etc/X11, but there's nothing glaringly > wrong. There is a file named "default-display-manager' in /etc/X11, and > it's contents are '/usr/bin/xdm'. > oops, should have read further first ;-). However, try changing /usr/bin/xdm to /usr/bin/X11/xdm. It might work. > Any tips on this issue? Last step was to apt-get update to version > 4.2.1. > Greetz, Sebastiaan > Thanks, PM > -- > Paul Mackinney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
