On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:08:18AM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > Any idea why startx will not run. If I run it as root I get all the messages > I posted earlier and if I run it as a user I get that I am not authorized. > > When I type gdm3 all I get is repeated messages about the display running for > 0.2nnnnnnn seconds and have to <break> to get out of the loop. As I said it's not supported. I don't know what else to tell you. There's nothing startx could draw a display on. gdm/xdm/kdm needs an xdmcp configuration before they can be used. Xnest seems indeed one way to go. Another one is vncserver. But I already said all of that (granted, except Xnest, thanks for the hint.) Try startx on any x86 Linux box. It might start an X session on VT7 if you're root, but not in your Putty. (That question is not s390-related, so debian-user@lists.debian.org might be a better fit for support.) Kind regards Philipp Kern
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