Re: xdm and startx

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

M.Wegmann wrote:

> 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
>
>  

That means you don't have X installed/configured.

Try "apt-get install x-window-system"


Kent