I am using Gnome as my desktop. This time when I restarted the computer I did get an error message that there is no screen set up in the XDMCP config file. I had not restarted the computer in a few weeks, so I am thinking this happened in the last Gnome update. Google search has given me something new to deciper XDMCP.
Daniel da Veiga wrote: >Notice that startx uses different config files (.Xauthority?!), while >the init xdm uses the variables of etc/conf.d/xdm, so, adding xdm to >your default runlevel should start it automatically, if you don't want >it, you can always use the script, make and alias or create a symlink. > >Just for curiosity, what is your WM? > >Good luck, > >On 7/1/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>George Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thanks Daniel. >>>Typing xdm got me back into Gentoo. >>>The only way I knew to start X was startx. When startx fails I can not >>>get to terminal 7. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>FYI, "startx" failures other than the X server get logged to >>~/.xsession-errors. You can check there to see what goes wrong. >> >>-Richard >> >>-- >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> >> >> > > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
