Thank you, Anders! It seems to work now. I cannot fully confirm it till tomorrow, since I am at home now, but `top` shows that the X server is up and running and there is no sign of any errors in the xdm log file. Thanks for the speedy answer. feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org