Re: problems with xdm.

[Robert Ramiega <robert@plukwa.pdi.net>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:18:54PM -0300, Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do
> was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that,
> booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logged as a user, logout, and then
> logged as root (to install something). After logging out, surprise: I got a
> screen with some thin vertical strips, no login window, no control. 
[snip]
> (my cheapbytes cd's haven't arrived yet :-) ). Should I upgrade xbase, or
> something else, using ftp (I have a slow connection from home, thats why I
> haven't done that already)?
 I had similar effects with xdm and some older (that is "frozen") xbase. All
dissapeared after upgrading xbase and xserver packages.

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