Chris R. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can start X by using "xinit" -- xdm STILL does NOTHING.
the problem is probably that xdm is running, but waiting for a connection from an X server (or is it client? argh!). this seems to be the default for xdm; you have to specially configure it to use a local server. i spent a couple of hours last weekend trying to make xdm work, and finally succeeded. after poring over incomprehensible X manpages, i finally found the magic incantation: simply add the following line to `/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers' (without the leading spaces): :0 my-x-server local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 `my-x-server' in the above line can be anything you want; i suppose in a single-user environment it doesn't matter. according to the comments in that file, installing xbase should set up this file correctly, but it didn't for me; perhaps i didn't specify at the time that i wanted xdm to run instead of using the xinit (aka startx) method. disclaimer: i may have forgotten another incantation that's required to run xdm. i know i messed with a bunch of files, but i do remember that this was an important key. john -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
