Re: xdm doesn't start

2001-01-07 Thread Benjamin Black
Cameron Matheson wrote: I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says "starting x display manger: xdm", but it never does. Anyone know why? (i'm running potato w/ x4) you might try having a look at /var/log/xdm.log to see why it's failing (if it is failing). also check and make sur

Re: xdm doesn't start

2001-01-07 Thread iehrenwald
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote: > I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says "starting x display manger: > xdm", but it never does. Anyone know why? > (i'm running potato w/ x4) Maybe it started but didn't switch vts for you? Try alt-F7? Im not sure, I don't like booting in

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-07 Thread BG Lim
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Troy wrote: >Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set? > >If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in >/var/log/xdm-errors Yup, my xserver (the SVGA one) is working fine. Bit slow though ;-). I'm not sure of the DISPLAY variable, but doesn't xdm set

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-07 Thread Troy
Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set? If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in /var/log/xdm-errors feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# echo $DISPLAY feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# xdm feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# ps auxw | grep xdm root 7017 0.0 1.3 2228 868 ?

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-07 Thread BG Lim
Thanks for writing. I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem to the limits of my knowledge before I asked the list. I su

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-06 Thread Jay Barbee
make sure /etc/init.d/xdm is not zero lenght (ie: nothing in the file). As dumb as it sounds I kept typing '/etc/init.d/xdm start' and nothing was happening. Dumb mistake, but it can happen. If it is zero you probably need to reinstall the package again (xbase if I am not mistaken.) Good lu

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-06 Thread Paul McDermott
Hello, first is xdm started, is there an xdm process in the table? If not do as root /etc/init.d/xdm start That should give the logon screen for X. Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the file /var/log/xdm-errors. Hope this helps On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote