> > You missed one of my points, which was that the command prompt of the > > xterm disappeared as soon as there was keyboard input. Even the > > Ctl-Alt-Backspace to close the X server causes bash to terminate. I'm > > not sure bash quite made it in the first place, for the white > > insertion rectangle should have been solid, I suspect. > > > > I have a ~/.xsession-errors file, and when I press any key I get: > > > > xterm: fatal IO error 32 (broken pipe) or KillClient on X server > > ":0.0" > > Weird ... To solve the problem, we need more information:
OK. 1. I don't use graphical login, but startx in console. 2. No (EE) or (WW) in /var/log/XFree97.0.log. It said it could not find Speedo path and so disposed of it. Otherwise, clean. 3. I'm running a new installation of debian Woody 3.0r.1 from cdrom. Kernel is 2.4.28-bf2.4. XFree86 is 4.1.0-16. X-window-system is installed and version 4.1.0-16. The icewm is 1.0.9.2-7. > 4.- You can reconfigure the xserver at any time with > > $ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 If it generates a functional configuration (with exeption it won't know of my nVidia driver), that might represent a useful clean slate (I did a lot of fiddling with my current configuration file, but it originated with one that works for RedHat, same hardware). I'll give this a try. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
