on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:42:14PM +1300, Andrew McMillan (andrew@catalyst.net.nz) wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:16, Marko Djukic wrote:
> > there is no /home/<user>/.xsession-errors file...
> >
> > i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the
> > terminal prompt for login for a second and then it goes blank... i don't
> > even get a chance to log in...
>
> Right, sorry I see from rereading your description.
>
> It is presumably trying to start gdm, which it will try and do a
> thousand or so times before giving up for a while.
>
> If you uninstall gdm / kdm / xdm ("dpkg -r gdm xdm kdm") you will get
> the login prompt and be able to log in, then go 'startx' to start an
> Xsession.
In somewhat more depth:
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html
Peace.
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