Re: XDM doesn't work
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:12:40AM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote:
> 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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The xdm-errors file gives an error that there are no valid resolutions
for the xserver / monitor. The machine is at home, and I neglected
to beinf the error report with me to work. If there were no valid
resolutions, wouldn't I get failures in startx and xinit? They both
start fine, and I get the 3 resolutions I configured (640x480, 800x600,
1024x768).
Thanks,
Pat
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