Package: xdm Version: 1.0.1-6 Inconsistencies in downgrading from sid to etch lead me to completely reinstalling Debian. So, this report is about Debian etch as of today. I installed from the CD image http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso. I deselected "desktop" and "standard" to prevent the gnome overhead from being installed. After rebooting into the fresh system, I updated apt and upgraded the installed packages via ftp. Then, I installed xserver-xorg, xdm, my preferred window manager, a few other packages, and all their friends-and-relations.
(1) At some stage, startx failed because some scripts expect xdm to reside in /usr/bin/X11 whereas etch installed it in /usr/bin. A symbolic link helped. At this stage, if not earlier, I was able to start X11 from tty1 via startx. (2) /etc/inittab comes with default runlevel=2. It seems that I have to change this manually. (3) After the n-th reboot, no progress: still a vt100 login to tty1 instead of the graphic X11 login screen. At last, I found an enlightening message in xdm.log: "server /usr/bin/X cannot be executed" "server open failed for :0, giving up" and so on. Another link towards /usr/bin/X11 helped. xdm developers: _please_ prevent Debian from becoming gnome-only. - Joachim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
