On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> > Actually, I've had this happen before to me too. I don't remember what the
> > exact circumstances were, so I didn't submit a bug report. Can you
> > describe the exact procedure that led to this situation?
>
> i don't know,it's just that i looked i
> Actually, I've had this happen before to me too. I don't remember what the
> exact circumstances were, so I didn't submit a bug report. Can you
> describe the exact procedure that led to this situation?
i don't know,it's just that i looked in the boot sequence (to be exact,in
the /etc/init.d/ se
On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> i think i found the problem,if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm,there's nothing
> who's writen on screen but if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm.dpkg-dist,then i
> have this output (it will be shown after my message),does it's possible
> that dpkg failed to update
it work !! i copied the xdm.dpkg-dist file over xdm and now,i boot with X
enabled !!
Alain
p.s.something to check next time that a user run into this problem.
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i think i found the problem,if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm,there's nothing
who's writen on screen but if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm.dpkg-dist,then i
have this output (it will be shown after my message),does it's possible
that dpkg failed to update the /etc/init.d/xdm ???
Alain
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> What version of grep do you have there? Version 2.1-7 is broken, that
> might also be the cause. In any case, you can always look at
> /var/log/xdm-errors
i dont even have this file ( /var/log/xdm-error) and grep is version 2.0
thanks for your help.
Alain
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Joost
>
>
>
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> i think there other thing to play as well but dont know what.
Oh. Too bad that it didn't help you then.
What version of grep do you have there? Version 2.1-7 is broken, that
might also be the cause. In any case, you can always look at
/var/log/xdm-er
> Have you guys already tried Debian's "xbase-configure" yet? It is
> normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will
> setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so.
>
> -Ossama
i'll check into this.
Alain
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> # xbase and xserver configuration scripts.
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>
> ---cut---
>
> Look at the last line, I bet it is missing on your system. It tells xdm
> which xserver to run on what display. If there is no such line, xdm will
> still be running, you'll just not notice anything you wou
Have you guys already tried Debian's "xbase-configure" yet? It is
normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will
setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so.
-Ossama
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> i was surfing on the internet and viewed some comments on enabling X at
> boot,i tried the trick down there ( modify /etc/X11/config so the line
> no-start-xdm look like start-xdm,backup /etc/inittab and modify so when
> booting,it load into runlevel 5
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> i was surfing on the internet and viewed some comments on enabling X at
> boot,i tried the trick down there ( modify /etc/X11/config so the line
> no-start-xdm look like start-xdm,backup /etc/inittab and modify so when
> booting,it load into runlevel 5
i was surfing on the internet and viewed some comments on enabling X at
boot,i tried the trick down there ( modify /etc/X11/config so the line
no-start-xdm look like start-xdm,backup /etc/inittab and modify so when
booting,it load into runlevel 5) but this hasn't worked,is there some
document i cou
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