Xdm login problems
I'm running Debian PPC (woody) on a PowerMac 7500 with a 250MHz G3 card.
'startx' works fine for me, but xdm doesn't. When I use xdm, a partial
text window appears in the lower right corner of the scrren while the
login window is up. The text window seems to have some log statements in
them. I can't move it or anything.
After I log in, the screen stays gray. I can use the mouse to bring up the
menu and log out. When I do, the xdm login screen shows up as before (with
the text box), but everything is hung. I can't type or use the mouse. I
can do ctrl-alt-command-shift-F1 to bring up a console screen, from which
I can do normal console stuff.
Here's some info, if it'll help:
ppearson@pearson-songy-2475e:~$ uname -a
Linux pearson-songy-2475e 2.2.19-pmac #1 Sun Oct 21 13:45:25 EDT 2001 ppc
unknown
ppearson@pearson-songy-2475e:~$ ls /etc/rc2.d
S10sysklogd S20exim S20lpd S89atd prev.S99xdm
S11klogd S20gpm S20makedev S89cron
S14ppp S20inetd S20nfs-kernel-server S99rmnologin
S19nfs-common S20logoutd S20ssh prev.S20xfs
The files with the 'prev' prefix are the ones I commented out right after
installing, until I had X configured properly. WHen I remove the 'prev'
prefix and start up the machine, I get the behavior described above.
My /etc/inittab shows that the default init level is, indeed, 2.
Any ideas?
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