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Re: removing xdm



>From the desk of Moses Wildermuth. Money Talks Enterprises, 
http://moneytalks.giftworldnet.com/  

> 
>> 
>> May I ask why you installed xdm in the first place? task package? Oh
>> my...
>> 
>> Christian
>> --
>> http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/potato
> 
> 
> 
> If you use tasksel to install the complete X window system, it installs
> xdm and the x-task-window-system. xdm becomes a major problem if the gpm
> mouse program has been installed and the user does not know that this
> package will not work concurrently with X in the m68k architecture. It
> does when the mouse is set to gpmdata in the i386 architecture, not with
> the m68k architecture.
> 

gpm is a problem, but if I can get to a prompt I can run gpm -k.  I don't
think this is the problem with the password rtn though.  (getty- I think is
the name)


 
> If you've never experienced the frustration that xdm causes by taking over
> your system and not letting you back in to fix it, maybe you couldn't
> appreciate a fix that works to get it back up and running again.

Yes and thankyou.  I did not have to remove by hand, but I did have to
remove it.  Now when I boot up the first VT freezes, but I can go into the
second VT and start X using xinit.  Startx script, starts X, but then kills
X.  Soimething wrong with my script I guess.

I tried to start gnome-wm and it says WindowMaker can't find libwraster.so.1
so it could not start.  any ideas there?  

Also will amiwm work under debian?  if I find a linux program(like amiwm)
that I want to use under debian does it always have to recompiled?

Regards 
-- 
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