It commonly happens on VMWare as well. From observation it seems like the modeswitching to another graphics mode fails, causing the X server to crash. At that point XDM sees that there is no X server running and launches the login shell. If it started after upgrading Mozilla, it may (in your case) be a bad shared lib somewhere, it happened to me with the default (M14). Helix-Gnome (gdm) works fine, as it launches straight into the correct mode for the terminal, not needing to switch modes on the fly.
Jeroen T Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN #9191966 It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (Michael Stipe) > -----Original Message----- > From: Esko Lehtonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 September 2000 11:57 > To: The List > Subject: Re: X login keeps repeating > > > > Hello > > I had the same problem, though the "looping" eventually lead to total > freezing of X. > > It appeared when I had installed mozilla M17-3 from woody. > (My system is > still mostly potato.) First time I solved it installing gdm > again. Then > I tried mozilla again, crash, and I had to install helixgnome which > works fine now. > > I have no idea why this happens. > > - Esko > > On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 12:14:48AM -0400, Mark Simos wrote: > > I am messing around with debian 2.2 in a VMware window in > my win2k box, > > so it is all in vga mode and that is cool with me. i do have a weird > > problem going on though... > > > > when i install a window manager (xdm, gdm, etc.): > > > > it prompts me for user/pass at boot. > > I enter it. > > it prompts me for user/pass > > I enter it > > it prompts me for user pass > > . > > . > > . > > > > you get the idea, it loops. this happens regardless of root or my > > account. I have no clue what would cause this to happen. I > can usually > > do a ctrl-alt-backspace and a quick alt-f2 that will get me > to another > > text box and let me reboot or uninstall the package, but it > sucks that i > > can't use a window manager > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
