xdm and startx
thanks for your help so far.
I installed xdm (apt-get install xdm), but it doesn't work, when I do /etc/init.d/xdm start I get xdm error (pid 239) start xdm
error
when i typ in startx i get fatal screen error, no screens found
and one of the shutdown messages is also that xdm is not running.
any idea what i did wrong this time? thanks Martin
>>I moved from suse to debian, better I am still on the way. Up to now I have two questions.
>>After the installation (which looked fine for me) i get a text login. Is that correct?
>>
>
>Depends. Debian only installs what you tell it to install, instead of
>everything and the kitchen sink like some other distros. This gives
>_you_ control instead of giving control to some marketing droid.
>
>> no graphical login?
>>and second, if the text login is correct, how do I start windowmaker or kde?
>>
>>
>
>You can run "startx" to start X; the particular window
>manager/environment will be controlled by ~/.xinitrc (or is it
>~/.xsession? -- I forget). Simply create a file with your favorite text
>editor (nano, pico, ae, vi, vim, joe, mcedit, etc) and put in a single
>line for whichever wm you want. For example, for icewm, it'd be "icewm".
>I think window maker would probably be "wmaker", and I think KDE would
>either be "kde" or "startkde"; you may need to do a bit of research
>elsewhere on that.
>
>If you want a graphical login manager, you can
> "apt-get install xdm"
>(or gdm or kdm or wdm instead of "xdm"). You may need to start it
>manually with a command like "/etc/init.d/xdm start".
>
>>thanks for your help, cheers Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Kent
>
>
>
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