Thanks to all of the people who suggested that this line: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
was missing from the end of my /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file. That was indeed the problem. Is there a bug report out on this? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .