============================================================ Joost Kooij wrote: >This sounds really weird. I can't help you very much I'm afraid. >I don't think so, but maybe you fiddled with /etc/securetty or >/etc/login.defs? > >What command do you use to become root, su or login?
Weird is the word ! And things became even weirder since. Somehow "xinit" wasn´t doing what it was supposed to do so i reinstalled X. This may sound like i really messed up something which of course is not impossible but actually i am a bit familiar with programming so i do have my inhibitions about changing any configuration or script files at random. For two days i have basically only been reading manual pages and examining configuration and script files and the system deteriorated all by itself. Actually, i think it was the kde wind. manager or its (de)installation scripts which messed up something. Anyway, the probelm is solved. I removed the X system with dselect (as far as possible) then manually removed all the subdirectories that were left on my system ( and which i was able to discern as belonging to X or kde or any other wind.manager) and re-installed X & fvwm2 . Works fine now and when "startx" starts X, it opens an xterm for me and i see the familiar prompt for root. The installation with dselect gave me a few warnings, like: >Setting up xlib 6 (3.3-3) >ldconfig:warning:can´t open /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 >No such file or directory, skipping but X seems to be working and that is what counts. Thank-you all for your help Gabor Kontur [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
