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Re: [harri@synopsys.COM: gdm and kdm can't start X]



Hi Harald,

you need to reconfigure the pkg xserver-common
do an dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common and select 'anybody'. This did the
job for me. Be aware, it means anybody can start the xserver!

Marcus

On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:50:54PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote:
> Would the /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file affect gdm or kdm?
> 
> * Branden Robinson <branden@deadbeast.net> [001211 19:46]:
> > Not sure what the problem is here; I don't know what would make the X
> > server become a zombie process.
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Harald Dunkel <harri@synopsys.COM> -----
> > 
> > From: Harald Dunkel <harri@synopsys.COM>
> > To: Branden Robinson <branden@deadbeast.net>
> > Subject: gdm and kdm can't start X
> > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:30:59 +0100
> > Delivered-To: branden@localhost.deadbeast.net
> > Delivered-To: branden@deadbeast.net
> > Message-ID: <3A352B73.29938CC5@Synopsys.COM>
> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test11 i586)
> > X-Accept-Language: en
> > 
> > Hi Branden
> > 
> > After the last update of XFree 4.0.1 gdm and kdm stopped working.
> > The XServer doesn't come up. 'ps -ef' shows me '[ X <defunct> ]'.
> > 
> > Is this an installation problem? 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Harri
> > -- 
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> > ----- End forwarded message -----
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