On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:12:40AM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote: > Hello all: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM > Subject: XDM doesn't work > > > >Hello all, > > > >I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems: > > > >They are configured to start xdm on booting. One machine uses > >the S3 xserver, one uses the SVGA xserver. When starting the system, > >the screen will flash (xdm keeps trying to start X) and the only way I > >have been able to recover is to reset the machine (sometimes > ctrl-alt-delete > >works, sometimes I have to push the big button). > > > >The S3 machine was reloaded from scratch, and the problem appears to have > >gone away. I removed all the X programs from the machine using the SVGA > >server and reinstalled X but the problem is still there. Startx and xinit > >work fine. > > > >I think this is related to bug 6468 - when switching to a text console > >then back this behaviour happened (paraphrased to protect the guilty). > > > >Any clues to a solution? If not, this is a pretty nasty bug to release > >on an unsuspecting user (read - I'll file a new bug report on xbase) > > > > Go into your /var/log/xdm-errors or some such file name > and see what the problem is. > > > Peter > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
The xdm-errors file gives an error that there are no valid resolutions for the xserver / monitor. The machine is at home, and I neglected to beinf the error report with me to work. If there were no valid resolutions, wouldn't I get failures in startx and xinit? They both start fine, and I get the 3 resolutions I configured (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768). Thanks, Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
