Thanks to all of the people who suggested that this line: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X was missing from the end of my /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file. That was indeed the problem. Is there a bug report out on this? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .