On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Chris R. Martin wrote: > > I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm > packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up > I see the message "starting xdm".. however typing "xdm" at a root prompt > doesn't do anything. I tried xinit and got the following output:
You have things set up to start X with xdm at bootup time. This is failing because you have none of the necessary font files. You probably want to install all of the xfnt*.deb files (there are seven of them). Hope this helps. Luck, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask -------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]