Re: Questions about x window environment (kdm and xdm)
--- linuxnand@netscape.net wrote:
> Hello all,
Hello -
> I have installed Sarge with the netiso cd and then installed x-window,
> kde, mozilla and everything to have a working desktop.
Good.
> I have later installed xdm and kdm and changed /etc/inittab to have run
> level 5.
Well, that's silly. Under debian [gxwk]dm (pick one, dependinh on what you
have installed) one of those is automatically started up throughout _ALL_
run-levels except 4,6,0. Putting it in /etc/inittab is a nasty ugly
hangover from RedHat which thankfully, debian has dropped. The
starting/stopping of a graphical display manager now rightfully resides as
an initscript.
> Then it shows the text login screen. It looks like that it is trying to
> load both kdm and xdm.
What a surprise, you're trying to load two at the same time. That won't
work. What you need to do, is edit the value contained in this file:
/etc/X11/default-display-manager
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