On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Timothy C. Phan wrote: tphan >Hi, tphan > tphan > I'd like to know what is the proper and easy way for a tphan > not so X-experience guy to configure the X windows. Specifically tphan > the configuration in the XF86Config, modeline, options, etc. tphan > Secondly, how to setup the desktop for user if the X-window tphan > was configured properly?
try XF86Setup it does all of it for u provided your card is supported. tphan > tphan > If the XDM is installed, is there a way to disable the tphan > XDM to come up? I got blank screen after I installed the tphan > potato, X and reboot. Because the XF86Config was not tphan > configured properly. several ways. delete the link /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm move the link /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm rename the link /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to K99xdm (someone else suggested this i think i've never tried it) run update-rc.d remove xdm (i believe thats right, again never tested it) remove xdm with apt/dpkg. see the archives someone just asked this a couple days ago nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:12am up 173 days, 20:26, 1 user, load average: 1.01, 1.04, 1.13
