Re: xdm error

["Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>]

on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:52:02AM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco (dnotch825@yahoo.com) wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have inittab start run level 5 by default.  When
> Linux boots up I keep getting this error.
> 
> "xdm error(pid 276): process-id file /var/run/xdm-pid
> cannot be opened."
> 
> "xdm drror(pid 276): Can't create/lock pid file
> /var/run/xdm-pid"
> 
> All I want to do is have x start up by default.
> Does anyone have any Idea's?

Does /var/run exist?
Does /var/run/xdm-pid exist?
What permissions?  What ownership?

Peace.

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