Re: X problem

["Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@ai.mit.edu>]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 10:34:56PM -0300, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote:
:Hi all.
:
:I have a problem with my X configuration.
:When I try to start the server from command line with
:startx, the X server don't work; when I try to start it
:with xdm, the server starts, I fill the username/password
:fields but the system don't say nothing and the login script
:starts again.
:Both cases, the log says something like "Failed SetVCLK".

Hmmm. if the xdm screen displays, then your XF86Config file is
probably in order.

Try starting X as root, there may be some weird permissions issue
going on.

(verbose log messages, as suggested, would be helpful.)

-jon