Re: xdm config

2019-12-10 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 9 Dec 2019, didier.gau...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps wdm would be of interest for you: https://packages.debian.org/buster/wdm Bingo! This is exactly what I was looking for, and more. The install was like butter, even offering a selection of which display manager was to be default. T

Re: xdm config

2019-12-09 Thread didier . gaumet
Perhaps wdm would be of interest for you: https://packages.debian.org/buster/wdm

Re: xdm config

2019-12-08 Thread tomas
On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 05:10:06PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Can xdm be cajoled into displaying "Reboot" and/or "Shutdown" > buttons on its welcome screen? > > (By which odd choice of words I mean the principal screen presented > by xdm at X start-up time, e.g. the one which queries the user f

xdm config

2019-12-08 Thread Bob Bernstein
Can xdm be cajoled into displaying "Reboot" and/or "Shutdown" buttons on its welcome screen? (By which odd choice of words I mean the principal screen presented by xdm at X start-up time, e.g. the one which queries the user for credentials.) Thank You -- What can be asserted without eviden

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
Karl E. Jorgensen declaimed: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:20:11PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > There might well be a bug in there somewhere, for the life of me I > cannot see what package owns /etc/X11/default-display-manager - it does > not seem to be managed by [dpkg]. > ... > There seem to

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-21 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 11:18:42AM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > Karl E. Jorgensen declaimed: > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:10:39PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > > > the login prompt is: > > > > > > Not starting X Dis

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-19 Thread Paul Mackinney
Karl E. Jorgensen declaimed: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:10:39PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > > the login prompt is: > > > > Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. > I run xdm, and

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-19 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Paul Mackinney wrote: > I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > the login prompt is: > > Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. > Are you sure you have not installed other display managers too, like w

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-19 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:10:39PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > the login prompt is: > > Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. > > I get the same message when I try to launch it manu

xdm config help

2002-10-18 Thread Paul Mackinney
I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before the login prompt is: Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. I get the same message when I try to launch it manually as root. I'm been cruising the docs & all the likely files, but don't

Re: xdm-config problems

2000-10-30 Thread Manuel Hendel
; From: "Eric G . Miller" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: xdm-config problems > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mail-Followup-To: "Eric G . Miller" , > debian-user@lists.debian.org > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime

Re: xdm-config problems

2000-10-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 10:54:40PM +0100, Manuel Hendel wrote: > Hallo, > > I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer, > the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or > color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values in the > Xresources file i

xdm-config problems

2000-10-29 Thread Manuel Hendel
Hallo, I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer, the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values in the Xresources file in the /etc/X11/xdm directory, as well as in the /etc/X11 directory. Can som

Re: xdm config pointers

1999-01-28 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 12:57:39PM -0200, Hernan Joel Cervantes Rodriguez wrote: > Hi, Shaleh > > > > > If anyone knows of a good doc, web site, etc. about configing XDM to look > > and > > act snazzy, please let me know. > > > > > The better doc is the man page, just do : > >

Re: xdm config pointers

1999-01-27 Thread Hernan Joel Cervantes Rodriguez
Hi, Shaleh > > If anyone knows of a good doc, web site, etc. about configing XDM to look and > act snazzy, please let me know. > > The better doc is the man page, just do : man xdm. Hernan

xdm config pointers

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
If anyone knows of a good doc, web site, etc. about configing XDM to look and act snazzy, please let me know.

X fonts, Re: xdm config

1997-07-29 Thread David R. Kohel
I just answered a question I had about X fonts. XFree86 3.2 fonts are compressed, while XFree86 3.3 are gzipped. To convert between compression formats it is not sufficient to change only the compression of the fonts, but also the fonts.dir file in each font directory, which list font_type.p

Re: xdm config after install

1996-05-06 Thread Stephen Early
On Mon, 6 May 1996, Douglas Bates wrote: > When xbase was being installed I thought I responded that I wanted xdm > to be started at boot time. Now I can see that after a reboot an xdm > process is running but no X-server is started on the default display. It's a known bug in the current X packa

Re: xdm config after install

1996-05-06 Thread Maarten Boekhold
On Sun, 5 May 1996, Martin Schulze wrote: > Hallo Maarten! > > }I didn't say 'yes' when xbase asked me if I wanted to start xdm at > }boot-time, but now I'd like to see how it works here. How do I set this up? > }I tried just to type 'xdm' at the root-prompt, but it didn't do a thing. > > I wou

Re: xdm config after install

1996-05-06 Thread Douglas Bates
> "Maarten" == Maarten Boekhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Maarten> On Sun, 5 May 1996, Martin Schulze wrote: >> I would suggest doing a "dpkg --configure xbase". Maarten> Tried that, complained it couldn't do that, something was Maarten> wrong and it was already installed I have

Re: xdm config after install

1996-05-06 Thread Martin Schulze
Hallo Maarten! }I didn't say 'yes' when xbase asked me if I wanted to start xdm at }boot-time, but now I'd like to see how it works here. How do I set this up? }I tried just to type 'xdm' at the root-prompt, but it didn't do a thing. I would suggest doing a "dpkg --configure xbase". Regards,