Re: xdm configuration files

2002-10-16 Thread nate
Eduardo Gargiulo said: > Hi all. > > I'd removed xdm, updated sources.list and re-installed xdm. The problem > is that 'apt-get install xdm' only install binaries, but not > configuration files. /etc/X11/xdm is empty. How can I force apt to > install configuration files of xdm? I'm running debian/

Re: xdm configuration files

2002-10-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 03:05:47PM -0300, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > I'd removed xdm, updated sources.list and re-installed xdm. The problem > is that 'apt-get install xdm' only install binaries, but not > configuration files. /etc/X11/xdm is empty. How can I force apt to > install configuration fi

Re: xdm configuration files

2002-10-16 Thread Jesus Climent
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 03:05:47PM -0300, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > Hi all. > > I'd removed xdm, updated sources.list and re-installed xdm. The problem > is that 'apt-get install xdm' only install binaries, but not > configuration files. /etc/X11/xdm is empty. How can I force apt to > install con

Re: XDM Configuration Problems

2000-05-07 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 11:15:07AM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Hi, > > > I am trying to edit the xdm configuration files so that I don't boot > into a graphical login. It's probably very easy but since this is the > first time doing this I don't want to experiment too much in case I do > serio

Re: XDM Configuration Problems

2000-05-07 Thread Daniel Burrows
OK, thanks. But do I just rename all the files in that directory or the directory itself? I am very paranoid about damaging my system so I wanna get it right first time. Also, if I use the method suggested won't I get an error message of some kind when I boot-up, saying "xdm not found" or something

Re: xdm configuration

1997-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Jul 29, David R. Kohel wrote: > > The gzips fonts in XFree86 3.3 are also incompatible with AcceleratedX. > I tried gunzip'ping them, then compress'ing them, but still get an > error: font `fixed' not found. Xaccel currently runs by pointing to > the XFree86 3.2 fonts. If anyone has any i

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-29 Thread Mathieu Guillaume
>>I had an identical experience setting up my 1.3 system: I chose not to >>enable xdm until after I had hand-tested my X config. Then when I tried >>to start it manually, it failed in the manner that you describe. You must run xbase-configure after you modify the config file, reinstalling ever

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-29 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, W Paul Mills writes: >On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > >> > >> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >> > ... >> > >Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start >> > >line in my /etc/X11/config and on boot it

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-29 Thread David R. Kohel
Thanks for the responses. Yes, run-xconsole is unnecessary (I also comment it out), but the xdm-start-server was missing. Note: not no-xdm-start-server (or perhaps this is this an option?) As someone else pointed out, the line :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X needed to be inserted in /etc/X11/xdm/X

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-28 Thread W Paul Mills
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > > ... > > >Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start > > >line in my /etc/X11/config and on boot it reports that it is > > >starting up xdm. Manually `xdm start` or `xdm`

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-28 Thread Wesley Hart
And David R. Kohel spake, saying: > I chose not to start xdm at the initial configuration because my > laptop has an unsupported (by XFree86) video card (Neomagic), and > I needed to set up Xinside's (= Xi Graphics now) server. > > Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-28 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > ... > >Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start > >line in my /etc/X11/config and on boot it reports that it is > >starting up xdm. Manually `xdm start` or `xdm` do nothing. > >What else do I need to configure? > > Th

Re: xdm configuration

1997-07-28 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: ... >Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start >line in my /etc/X11/config and on boot it reports that it is >starting up xdm. Manually `xdm start` or `xdm` do nothing. >What else do I need to configure? This is my /etc/X11/c