Re: error's when starting X
Hello,
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 11:12:03AM +0200, Steeve Lennmark wrote:
> > Admitedly not 100% positive, but when I've had that error before, it means
> > that I had the wrong X server.....had to go and select another one from
> > XF86Config....
>
> I've tried running XF86Setup and it works just fine..
>
> But i still gets the same error when trying to start X.
>
> // Jaster
>
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I had a similar situation: The xdm login screen came up, but when
I put in my id/password, the red "password incorrect" message
appeared.
I've since fixed it on one box, and I think it was an issue of
X not being configured on my system even though xdm was.
I'd assumed that xdm depended on all the X stuff I'd need, but it
doesn't (I now think) because you can have your X server running on
another (networked) machine and still login to the debian box via
xdm. If anyone out there can correct me or explain this better,
please do so.
In my case, running 'apt-get install xf86config' (not XF86Setup)
caused apt to fetch and install everything I needed for X. After
that I ran xf86setup, and everything was good on ctl-alt-f7.
As always, YMMV.
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David Karlin
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