On Thursday 25 November 2004 08:43, Andrew Ingram wrote: > Hi list. > > I've installed Sid on a new box at work to replace the old crappy bit of > hardware I used to have. My old box used kdm but when I installed Debian > this time, gdm was the default. No problem I thought! After a while, I > started missing the way that kdm and kde worked together so I did an > apt-get install kdm. > > However, when I reboot and kdm is starting, I get dumped to the console. > I noticed in syslog that I have the entries: > > Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm: :0[2613]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay > Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm[2542]: Display :0 cannot be opened > Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm[2542]: Unable to fire up local display :0; > disabling.
kdm's files for starting the X server are in /etc/kde3/kdm rather than the files in /etc/X11 try and see whats difference between them > > I have a xinerama setup in case that helps, but the whole thing works > absolutely fine under gdm. Can anyone help me with this? > > Thanks, > Andrew -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
