Re: kdm problem

2004-03-28 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 09:06:30AM -0600, Debian STX wrote: > having trouble getting kdm to be the default display manager...it always > defaults to xdm.. (using sarge)..In /etx/X11...default-display-manager > is set to kdm..still no luck..I installed gdm and that works > fine..uninstalling and

kdm problem

2004-03-27 Thread Debian STX
having trouble getting kdm to be the default display manager...it always defaults to xdm.. (using sarge)..In /etx/X11...default-display-manager is set to kdm..still no luck..I installed gdm and that works fine..uninstalling and reinstalling kdm brings xdm back up again..any ideas? -- To UNSUBSC

Re: XDM / KDM problem... (also: xdm-not-on-boot hack)

1998-08-04 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Alan Su wrote: > Well, that is a bit extreme. don't worry about shutting down the X > server. when the tty on which the X server is running is active, you > can switch to other tty's by using Control-LeftAlt-Fx, where x is the > number of a different tty (presumably a text co

Re: XDM / KDM problem...

1998-08-02 Thread Alan Su
Well, that is a bit extreme. don't worry about shutting down the X server. when the tty on which the X server is running is active, you can switch to other tty's by using Control-LeftAlt-Fx, where x is the number of a different tty (presumably a text console). in response to the original questio

Re: XDM / KDM problem...

1998-08-02 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
This may be kind of extreme, but I can get out of XWindows (xdm) using the Ctr-Alt-BackSpace sequence that forces a reset. Then, at some critical point during the reset, you can use the LeftAlt-RightArrow sequence to switch to a different tty. Debian 1.3 user >Xwindow... is there a way to "get

XDM / KDM problem...

1998-08-02 Thread Richard Evans Hartman
Hello all, I am running debian 2.0 with KDE (relaltively new user)... I recently upgraded all of my X11 packages, and somehow ended up with XDM loading automatically on boot... the thing is, I would really rather not be "forced" into Xwindow on bootup, and would prefer to be able to start it (a