Re: X won't log in (was Re: Xpmac can't find font 'fixed')
> The Opt-F1,F2,etc trick wasn't working, and neither does this.
I think that the Xpmac server doesn't allow this <ctrl>-<opt>-<F1> trick (but
it is Control and Opt and Function key; I assume you typoed that above.)
> To those who wanted the logs, it was actually at /var/log/xdm.log
> And, to those who are saying that it's unsupported, the 'real' X server
> doesn't seem to support valkyrie video devices.
The Xpmac seems to only log to the display manager, not to the Xfree86
location. But Xpmac is unsupported in Debian (which is why you had to compile
it yourself), so that means that valkyrie video devices are unsupported in
Debian. But you might still get it to work. If you can, perhaps you could
make a package for others who might need it.
<log snipped>
> Looks like it's saying that I'm not authorized to connect to the
> server. I tried logging in as root from the X login screen, figuring
> that root of all people should be authorized to do anything, but the
> same thing happened, except it was client 3 in the log.
I would think so too. There was recently a problem with X and gcc 3.3 and
optimization -O2 and authorization. If you're using xdm, try adding this to
/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config:
DisplayManager*authorize: false
Otherwise, try to recompile Xpmac with -O1 (or even no optimization, just to
see).
> Hey, when it's saying that the connection to :0.0 is refused, does :0.0
> refer to localhost? If so, could the port that it's connecting to be
> blocked by a firewall? If so, does a firewall come installed on the
> standard installation? (I'll bet it does) How do I control it, and
> what port must I open? (All just guesses here)
:0.0 does refer to the local machine, but (at least in XFree86) X will use
unix (not network) sockets for faster communication, so a firewall will not
affect it. Also, I don't believe Debian comes with a firewall by default.
Frank
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