RE: Slink, xbase-common and xdm...
Interesting - if I can ever figure out how to get into the system I'll do
that :-) There's no way to shut down and reboot clean - xdm won't do
anything till you log in <g>...
Now I'm wondering if maybe my work PC's boot disk will work... I wish I had
known about this bug (or the "no - don't fool with it" answer) before I did
it :-)
Oh, and insert obligatory complaint about how slow Netscape 4.x runs...
> In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > Interesting problem - I've upgraded to slink as part of kernel 2.2.1 on
> two
> > different PC's, and I think I goofed on one. When the new X stuff went
> in
> > and asked if I should use my current config files, the PC at work was
> told
> > No - leave mine alone; the PC at home was told Yes - overwrite with new
> > ones. PC at work is fine, but PC at home now immediately boots into xdm
> and
> > refuses to let me log in... Won't take root, me, nothing. Tried booting
> from
> > the boot disk I made - slowly boots, then starts xdm :-(...Anyone know
> how
> > to kill this? Even Ctl-Alt-Backspace just restarts it...
>
> There was a buglet in /etc/X11/Xsession.
> To fix, insert a line containing ";;" immediately before line 47.
>
> ---snippet of /etc/X11/Xsession----
>
> echo "Xsession: unable to launch failsafe X session: xterm not
> found."
> exit
> fi
> fi
> ;; # <---- Add this line
> default)
> ;;
> *)
> program=$(which $1)
>
> ---end snippet---
>
> I don't know how to get rid of xdm, though.
> You used to be able to specify it in /etc/X11/config
> but that doesn't work for me now.
>
>
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