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Re: Unidentified subject!



>>>>> "BG" == Ben Gertzfield <che@imsa.edu> writes:


BG> Check /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers.

BG> It should have a line:

BG> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X


BG> I've seen this bug a zillion times.

BG> I thought that /usr/X11/bin/X was always a wrapper program
BG> pointing to the correct server, so why do the X packages futz
BG> around with this?  Why not just put this line in always?

Not everybody want a X server running on the display by default. For
example, I may want my Debian box to serve X to *other* machines. Or
if I setup the Debian box as an Xterm, I may want to have xdm starting
an Xserver via the chooser.


-- 
 Emilio C. Lopes <mailto:Emilio.Lopes@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE>


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