Re: fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Dan" == Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan> I know... but xdm has a loop that never exits. If you go to "Quit Dan> X-windows" when you right click, it just restarts xdm. Thank you Dan> for reminding me of the name though. Then switch to a virtual console by pressing ctrl+strg+f1, log in as

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Revenant
Matthew Dalton wrote: > When you press c+a+f1, you are not killing the X-server. You are > merely switching to one of the text only consoles. To switch back to > X, press c+f7. My computer won't let me ctrl-alt- to another process when an X-Server is running. Is there any way to fix this?

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Michael Merten
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: > Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked > /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried > /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for > some reason, how odd.)

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Carl Mummert
>> some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that >> when I right click and hit "Exit X" all it does is restart X with the debian > >> login... I think that oughta be fixed. I'll have to look into that script >> file, I forget what its called. Oh well. Ctl-Alt-F1 to sw

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Matthew Dalton
When you press c+a+f1, you are not killing the X-server. You are merely switching to one of the text only consoles. To switch back to X, press c+f7. Dan wrote: > > All right this is the thing though... If you do c+a+f1, then it exits, > but then if you try running `startx' it complains about

RE: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Carley, Jason \(Australia\)
You need to kill the xdm and X processes (using ps -ax). Then run startx. -Original Message- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:12 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again All right this is the thing though... If you do c+a

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
windows is getting fugly. :( From: Chris Flipse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 23:49:09 -0400 On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: >Would you believe it? Thanks to the inf

Re: fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
I know... but xdm has a loop that never exits. If you go to "Quit X-windows" when you right click, it just restarts xdm. Thank you for reminding me of the name though. From: Jonathan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Chris Flipse
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: >Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked >/dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried >/dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for >some reason, how odd.) It i

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Jonathan Hall
Sounds like you're running xdm. If you don't want to get the "Debian GNU/Linux login (hostname)" prompt (or whatever it's exactly called), don't use xdm--use the 'startx' program instead. I personally prefer xdm, myself... On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Dan wrote: > Would you believe it? Thanks to the in

Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that when I rig