Re: xdm broken

[Stephen Early <sde1000@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Gerry Jensen wrote:

> Yesterday, I installed the latest (unstable) versions of xserver-s3, xlib,
> xaw3d, xsnow, perl, bsdutils, and libc4.  When I rebooted my computer, xdm
> no longer started.  Actually, the xdm process is running, but nothing
> appears on the screen except a normal text login.  Starting X with startx
> still works though.  Does anyone know what might have gone wrong? 

This is turning out to be a FAQ.  I made a small mistake in the 
configuration scripts for the latest versions of the X packages. You need 
to add the line:

#debian-not-configured

...to the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and then run /usr/sbin/xbase-configure.

I'll release corrected packages soon - but I think I have to finish my 
dissertation first.

Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk