Re: XDM doesn't work
Hello all:
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Ouellette <pouellet@eng.utoledo.edu>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM
Subject: XDM doesn't work
>Hello all,
>
>I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems:
>
>They are configured to start xdm on booting. One machine uses
>the S3 xserver, one uses the SVGA xserver. When starting the system,
>the screen will flash (xdm keeps trying to start X) and the only way I
>have been able to recover is to reset the machine (sometimes
ctrl-alt-delete
>works, sometimes I have to push the big button).
>
>The S3 machine was reloaded from scratch, and the problem appears to have
>gone away. I removed all the X programs from the machine using the SVGA
>server and reinstalled X but the problem is still there. Startx and xinit
>work fine.
>
>I think this is related to bug 6468 - when switching to a text console
>then back this behaviour happened (paraphrased to protect the guilty).
>
>Any clues to a solution? If not, this is a pretty nasty bug to release
>on an unsuspecting user (read - I'll file a new bug report on xbase)
>
Go into your /var/log/xdm-errors or some such file name
and see what the problem is.
Peter
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