Re: X hanging the whole system at startup
Mariano Kamp, 2002-Sep-06 18:00 +0200:
> Hi,
>
> I installed woody and after booting the machine x hangs the whole
> machine (at least numlock doesn't work anymore). Is there anyway to
> interrupt the startup procedure to prevent x from starting?
>
> I am also wondering what the reason for that is? Issuing startx by
> hand does work.
>
> Does anybody know where I do set the window manager (xdm etc?).
There is a file called "default-display-manager" located in /etc/X11
that includes the full path, /usr/bin/X11/xdm in my case since I use
xdm. I believe this is what you are looking for.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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