Re: The XDM trap

To: rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-test@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: The XDM trap
From: Kysh Dragon <debian@dragonfyre.soark.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 03:43:57 -0500 (CDT)
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980706034322.306A-100000@dragonfyre.soark.net>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] m0ytTHj-000HVqC@rainer.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>

> automatically via xdm. I answered yes (why not?). After that, I noticed, that 
> setting up X did not work and the system was trapped:
> 
> XDM tries to start X fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to
> restart X fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to restart X
> fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to restart ....  The monitor is switching continuously between graphical mode and text mode, login is impossible via console. If you are lucky, you have already a working network connection and can stop xdm via a remote login.

This problem actually happens to a LOT of people, and absolutely freaks
newbies out to no end.

-Kysh


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