You need to kill the xdm and X processes (using ps -ax). Then run startx. -----Original Message----- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:12 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again
All right.... this is the thing though... If you do c+a+f1, then it exits, but then if you try running `startx' it complains about the Xserver already running... so do you think I should be typing xdm instead? I'll have to try... I really want to reinstall GNOME... I miss it and windows is getting fugly. :( >From: Chris Flipse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Fate strikes again >Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 23:49:09 -0400 > >On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +0000, Dan wrote: > >Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked > >/dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried > >/dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for > >some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that > >when I right click and hit "Exit X" all it does is restart X with the >debian > >login... I think that oughta be fixed. I'll have to look into that script > >file, I forget what its called. Oh well. > >Not a bug -- what you're getting back to is XDM (X Display Manager) >...well, that or wdm, kdm or login.app or...there's a host of them... > >XDM and it's ilk are basically terminal logins for the X server. You >log in through XDM, putz around in your X session, and when you quit, >the login comes up again. Just like when you log in from the command >prompt. > >If you want to log in from the command prompt, you can switch to another >VT using <ctrl>-<alt>-<Fn>. > >If you don't want the XDM login at all, uninstall the package. You can >enter X windows from the command prompt by typing "startx" > > - flip > >----------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- >Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >/dev/null > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
