Re: removing xdm
>From the desk of Moses Wildermuth. Money Talks Enterprises,
http://moneytalks.giftworldnet.com/
> Moses:
>
> If you would use the tasksel, you can set up a complete X window system.
>
> This will install xdm, but this really isn't a problem if gpm isn't
> running.
I did that the first time that's what screwed me up, and I don't know why
gpm would cause the looping password rtn, but I guess I can dump gpm too.
I always end up issuing gpm -k, anyway. Doing that still did not effect
that password thing before.
Well, I'm beyond that now, and when I run startx I now get gnome. I'm still
unhappy that I can't use my ASDG serial ports, and my screen is still a
funky resolution. I thought the clgen docs said it could handle more nmal
resolutions, but I will reread it and muck around with the XF86Config
again. The serial problem alone is enough to make me dump the whole
project soon though. I was counting on using that ASDG module, because I
need the MB's serial port for my printer. I have a really nice looking
gnome desktop with jpg image in background and everything running smoothly,
more or less. I rebooted, etc a few times to be sure. I basically pointed
my apt at unstable and did a distribution upgrade. I'm running woody
now(or so it tells me). I got some diald trying unsuccessfully to dial my
isp during bootup, I think that has to go too(along with gpm, and I find I
don't really need xdm anyway). It also seems the gnome prefs editor wants
to run every time I start X and the settings I select in
gnome-control-panel don't show up unless I run gnome-control-panel
everytime(?) wierd stuff. but I am a lot farther than I would have thought
possible several months ago. And for what it's worth 68k can handle a lot
more than some people give her credit for.
Regards
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