On 09-Mar-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hello Debian-user, > > I now have Debian with X running smoothly and I want to add xdm > login. I have tried to find information about xdm, but I can not > find much (maybe I am blind?). The little I have found is > very...ummm..."cryptic" :) > > What I want is for xdm to start my X sessions like startx does now. > Is it a simple way to do this that could be posted here? Or could someone > please point me to > some relevant on-line documentation. > > Also: How do I make xdm start by default? >
Upgrade to at least slink and install the xdm package. XDM automatically starts and X session and displays a login prompt.