Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, this worked to get lesstif-bin configured properly, thanks! I'm still not able to log in at xdm, though. The xserver restarts, and I don't seem to get any specific error messages. When I startx from a terminal prompt, X just tries to start then dies, with no error messages. This is what /var

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Apr 05, 1998 at 04:15:40AM -0700, Matt Thompson wrote: > I also still get this about lesstif-bin while running dselect: [old prerm failing] The old prerm script wasn't OK under all circumstances. I've just made changes to my lesstif source tree, and will build a new version to which you s

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
> The primary Incoming directory is on master.debian.org and is accessible to > developers only. There are several publicly accessible mirrors of it, e.g. Ok, I installed grep 2.1-7 and now xdm works, but when I try to login, the Xserver starts (I'm using AccelX 2.1) but then restarts and kicks

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread jdassen
On Sat, Apr 04, 1998 at 08:41:12PM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote: > OK, call me stoned (or maybe I should be ;) ), but where is Incoming??? I > searched all through ftp.debian.org and ftp.us.debian.org and even > llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian/Incoming. The primary Incoming directory is on master.debian

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, call me stoned (or maybe I should be ;) ), but where is Incoming??? I searched all through ftp.debian.org and ftp.us.debian.org and even llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian/Incoming. Thanks, Matt On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 1998 at 09:56:27PM -0800, Matt Thompson wr

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
> > I also got these errors regarding lesstif: > > [prerm failure] > > Can you please tell me what version of grep you have installed. I'm still > not sure if this is a lesstif problem or a result of grep-2.1-6 being > broken. 2.1-6. I'll go get 2.1-7 from Incoming and see if that helps, then I'

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-04 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Apr 03, 1998 at 09:56:27PM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote: > I also got these errors regarding lesstif: [prerm failure] Can you please tell me what version of grep you have installed. I'm still not sure if this is a lesstif problem or a result of grep-2.1-6 being broken. TIA, Ray -- ART A

xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-04 Thread Matt Thompson
Ok, I'm running full hamm, and just updated (about 20mb worth). Now xdm won't work at all, even with the /etc/init.d/xdm start command as root (I have the same xdm file in /etc/init.d I had before). And, when I do 'startx', it uses mwm instead of AfterStep, which I have called as the last line of