On Wed, 15 May 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > When I try xdm as a user (with the server up and running via root) I get > told: > Only root wants to use xdm > Have I got some permissions wrong? Or have I just missunderstood...again.
You have misunderstood. When it is set up correctly, xdm can be started as part of the boot process. It will start an X server and provide a login window. If you don't want it to be started automatically, you can still configure it and start it from a root shell. By 'configured' I really mean that there should be a line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to start your local X server. It should look like: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X You should be prompted about this when you install the X packages. If you aren't, you've probably said either Yes or No to it in the past. If you are using the latest version of the X packages, see /etc/X11/config in conjunction with /usr/doc/X11/debian.README If you want to run xdm, but don't want it to run an X server, you can remove that line from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (and set the no-xdm-start-server option in /etc/X11/config). You can then start an X server and get a login window with a command like: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query hostname ...where hostname is your machine's name. Steve Early [EMAIL PROTECTED]
