hello there, this is a comman problem for people who are new to linux and X. The problem is that you installed an Xserver and configured it incorrectly. there is a file in /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver: here is mine. # $XConsortium: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:30 gildea Exp $ # # Xservers file, workstation prototype # # This file should contain entries to start the servers on the # local machine; if you have more than one display (not screen), # you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP, # you can add them here as well. Each X terminal line should # look like: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # # X servers are automatically added to this file by the Debian # xbase and xserver configuration scripts. :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
take out the last line. this will allow you to use the command "startx" to find out what is going on in your X configuration. What you could do stop the xserver from trying to load is telnet in and kill the xdm process. I hope this helps. I've had this happen to me. do it soon because everytime it is trying to load the xserver it appends the errors to /var/log/xdm-error file. email me if you need more info. ------------------ Paul McDermott The Computer Braille Facility The University of Western Ontario University Community Centre 215 London, Ontario N6A 3K7 Phone: (519) 661-3061 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address: http://www.braille.uwo.ca/~paul On Thu, 26 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Debian Users ! I have a problem with the way I have done something. I don't blame Linux for its lovely 11 oscars, so it is my fault for not configuring the X-Server properly. Ok, I will start my Super Problem: I have a portable computer from DIGITAL. It is a Hi Note CT475. It is a good system and Debian GNU/Linux works perfectly on it, but a silly user like me managed to download about every single x-server there was on the dselect program and installed one of them (I can't remember which one). Anyway, the configuration was pretty dificult. I had to install a psaux mouse (the portable has a MINIDIM mouse port), the VGA was a super VGA and the board was something I can't remember. Anyway, the final question was if I wanted to start the x-server now, and answered Yes. The problem begins now: The system boots up properly, but when it gets to : Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 onyx tty1 onyx login: _ The system goes crazy and the screen goes off, then turns on as ScreenSaver mode, then flashes the login screen, and then restarts the cicle. The times this happens is : login screen : 0,5 seconds off screen : 1,0 seconds saver screen : 1,0 seconds Anyway, I spoke to a friend who is a Systems Administrator, and he explained to me that I had to but in RESCUE mode and un-mount a partition to solve the problem. I haven't touched anything just in case I wipe something off. I sort of like spent 3 days downloading files for the portable and I don't particularly want to install the System fom zero again. Anyway, I hope that someone can help me with this problem. My e-mails are : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Regards Neil Roberts -- 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]
