I dealt with the login problem by removing xdm, so I can login at the ordinary prompt.
The x system is still not configured right, however. When I type startx I just get a blank, grainy screen. Steve ----- Begin Included Message ----- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 21 08:10:37 2001 Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:10:37 -0500 (EST) X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 05:15:28 +0000 From: Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian on Vaio F340 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/4747 X-Loop: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I tried running xf86config and identifying the mouse with > > /dev/ttyS0. Now I get a graphical login screen but my > > input of id and password are not recognized so I get stuck > > there. > > How do you mean "input ... not recognized"? If you don't have a window manager installed, (perhaps by default WindowMaker?) you can input ids and passwords all day, but you won't get anywhere. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End Included Message -----
