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> Thanks for the help, guys. Seems I hosed the file I created with
> xf86config during the installation. Re-ran that, added the line below,
> and that fixed the problem. Now if I could find a replacement for that
> ghastly login screen...
You can design your own logi
Hi!
> Hey, while I'm thinking about it and since I can't try it right now,
> would adding a line like
>
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>
> allow me to use VT08 for another login, or do I have to do something else?
Not quite what you propose, but a line like this would do the trick:
:1 l
Thanks for the help, guys. Seems I hosed the file I created with
xf86config during the installation. Re-ran that, added the line below,
and that fixed the problem. Now if I could find a replacement for that
ghastly login screen...
Hey, while I'm thinking about it and since I can't try it rig
> What's the deal with xdm? My understanding was that that was the program
> used to login under X, without having to login from a console and then
> issue a startx command. During installation I told the program I wanted
> to start X with xdm; I see a message when I boot about xdm being start
Hello Dale, there is a file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. That file lets you had
your xservers. you should have a line that says:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
This line should be the last line in this file. If it isn't the xserver
won't get started. I hope this helps. Let me know if this is a fix.
P
If startx doesn't work neither will xdm. When you say you
used startx "like you're used to" do you mean after you
installed Debian or under some other Linux disribution? If
you have had startx work with Debian then you need to figure
out what happened to make X stop working. If you get startx
wo
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