On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 10:36 +0530, Toufeeq Hussain wrote:
>
> Does X11R7 require a login manager like gdm/xdm/kdm to run for it to operate?
No.
> I can use X ('startx') only when I have GDM running. If I stop GDM then X
> quits.
There may be a problem with the startx session scripts / configuration
files. Have you read http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg69To7 , in particular
the section about startkde? Maybe that applies to startx in general.
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