Thanks Colin and Robert. These are not the only problems I am having, so I decided to just re-install. This should clear up any problems! I need the practice anyway.
Thanks, Greg Green Colin R. Telmer wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Greg Green wrote: > > > I am new to Debian Linux and I am having problems with xdm and fvwm. > > When I used Red Hat Linux, all I had to do to get Xwindows to start at > > login was to edit the /etc/inittab to go default to run level 4. Now, I > > am running Debian 1.30 and do not even see a reference to xdm in the > > /etc/inittab. I am obviously missing some key point, can anyone help? > > To get xdm going: > 1) change /etc/X11/config to start xdm (i.e. remove the no- ). Mine looks > like > > # This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System. > # For a description of the meanings of the flags, see > # /usr/doc/X11/debian.README > no-run-xconsole > obey-nologin > allow-user-resources > allow-user-modmap > allow-user-xsession > allow-failsafe > start-xdm > xdm-start-server > > 2) Make sure an X server is specified in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers something > like > # xbase and xserver configuration scripts. > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 > > 3) Edit any other files that you wich to customize in /etc/X11/xdm > 4) run /etc/init.d/xdm start > > I may have forgotten something, but that should work. > > > Also, when I startx manually, the system will not use my .fvwmrc. I get > > too many errors to list here, but all I did was copy the > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm/system.fvwm to my $HOME/.fvwmrc and tried to add > > an additional xterm at start-up, and change to setroot color to solid > > SteelBlue. > > I don't believe these changes made any impact because when I keep the > > defaults in my .fvwmrc, and try and refresh fvwm, I get the same errors. > > I use fvwm2 but don't really know what could be wrong. Could you list the > first 10 or 20 lines of errors? Also, is there a chance that you are using > an old fvwm script with fvwm2? You can convert it with > /usr/doc/fvwm2/utils/fvwmrc_convert > > Let me know if that helps. Cheers, Colin. > > -- > Colin Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations > School of Policy Studies Building, Room 309, Queen's University > Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca> > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
