Re: list archives/X server setup
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> Fredrik Holmqvist wrote:
> > I put the xpmac file in the same dir as the XF68_FBDev file and made a
> > symlink with the name X where the old X file was. and rebooted up in
> > beautiful new desktop. well not really, when I rebooted, I came straight
> > into xdm which couldn't start the Xserver properly, so before you reboot,
> > make initdefault to start without x and start it manually instead
>
> Or edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to start Xpmac with the needed parameters.
>
> Or just make /usr/X11R6/bin/X a script which runs Xpmac with the needed
> parameters.
>
> Or ... :)
Put Xpmac in /etc/X11/Xserver, this is the preferred Debian way of life.
/usr/X11R6/bin/X just looks at /etc/X11/Xserver to find out which X server to
start.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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