display manager problems
hi
1.)
since xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-11 was introduced into testing i have the
problem that after xdm (or wdm) starts, i have to wait some time (maybe
30-60 seconds) before the xserver responds to keyboard input while the
mouse works fine. after that or when i start X via startx theres's no
problem. the videocard i use is some ati card, xfree-driver is "r128".
with the "old" testing xserver-xfree86 i didn't have this problem.
2.)
while examining the above problem i noticed, that changing the preferred
display manager via dpkg-reconfigure doesn't seem to work. when i try to
change it the debconf frontend lets me do it, but the file
/etc/X11/default-display-manager isn't changed. i've tried the frontends
dialog,readline and editor, all the same. i've experienced this also on
a second system, where i additionally get error-messages (see below)
when i do "dpkg-reconfigure kdm" (from unstable, not present on the
first system), with xdm,wdm just nothing happens.
error message after "dpkg-reconfigure kdm":
sh: line 5131:
/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/MarqueeMessage/Brilliant!/AppRun: No
such file or directory
ln: creating symbolic link
`/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/MarqueeMessage/Brilliant!/Help' to
`/usr/share/doc/': No such file or directory
chmod: failed to get attributes of
`/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/MarqueeMessage/Brilliant!/AppRun':
No such file or directory
sh: line 5166:
/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/NoseMessage/Brilliant!/AppRun: No
such file or directory
ln: creating symbolic link
`/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/NoseMessage/Brilliant!/Help' to
`/usr/share/doc/': No such file or directory
chmod: failed to get attributes of
`/usr/share/apps/Debian/Screen/Save/NoseMessage/Brilliant!/AppRun': No
such file or directory
both systems are mostly testing with some parts from unstable. did
anyone else encounter these problems? any advice?
thanks
matthias
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