On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:20:16PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > installed without a hitch except one: xdm didn't > install and no longer runs when I boot and when I > run X I get the grey background with the 'x' > mouse pointer but nothing else. the X server just > sits there. I am able to move the mouse pointer > and I am able to switch between local terminals > so I know the system didn't hang.
Do I understand correctly that you boot directly into X mode? If so, maybe xdm is broken. Ideas what you can check: Does there appear a message like 'starting xdm'? (Should be the last one before the X screen appears) Does the xdm binary exist? (which xdm) Is there a link /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm (or similar) and does it point to an existing and executable script in /etc/init.d ? HTH, Joachim -- Joachim Fahnenmüller Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik Herder-Gymnasium Kattowitzer Straße 52 51065 Köln
