Re: Problem with gdm and XF401 in /usr/XF40/
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:48:57PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote:
> Francois Fayard <fayard@ens.fr> writes:
> FF> I have compiled XF 4.0.1 in /usr/XF40 (I don't want XF 4.0.1 from Woody
> FF> because I run Potato). But now Gdm doesn't start the X server at boot time
> FF> and I don't know where I have to configure this special installation.
> FF>
> FF> I have put the new Xfree PATH in /etc/profile and /root/.profile.
> FF> Do I have to add it elsewhere ?
>
> Two separate issues:
>
> (1) /etc/profile and /root/.profile only get read when (users, root)
> logs in. I don't think they affect random things that happen to
> get run.
>
> (2) Most things that start X servers list out an explicit path to the
> X server (e.g. /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA).
Thanks, I had forgotten these kind of files that act like a link. All I had to
change is /etc/X11/Xserver.
Francois
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