Quoting Rick Venable ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Because of a newer graphics card, after installing Debian 2.1 (slink) > from CDs I had to update my X11 software to XFree86 3.3.5. While most > things seem to work fine, xdm login startup seems to ignore the list in > window-managers, and keeps starting (ugh) twm instead of my indicated > default. The Xsession file /etc/X11 wasn't changed by the X11 update.
When I've run an updated X11 server becuase of new hardware, laptop etc., I've only done three things: placed the new server binary in /usr/X11R6/bin, put its name at the top of /etc/X11/Xserver and tweaked /etc/X11/XF86Config to suit. Is it necessary to do more than that? Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.