Hi Claudio, the problem is: there is no /etc/init.d/xdm file These are the contents of /etc/init.d/
orion:/etc/init.d# ls acpid ifupdown mtab.sh skeleton alsa ifupdown-clean networking ssh alsa-utils keymap.sh nfs-common stop-bootlogd autofs killprocs nis stop-bootlogd-single bootclean klogd openbsd-inetd sysklogd bootlogd libdevmapper1.02 portmap udev bootmisc.sh makedev procps.sh udev-mtab checkfs.sh module-init-tools rc umountfs checkroot.sh modutils rc.local umountnfs.sh console-screen.sh mountall-bootclean.sh rcS umountroot cron mountall.sh README urandom glibc.sh mountdevsubfs.sh reboot x11-common halt mountkernfs.sh rmnologin hostname.sh mountnfs-bootclean.sh sendsigs hwclock.sh mountnfs.sh single Thanks and Regards, Arvind > Hi Arvind > files in /etc/rcN.d are actually links to init scripts in /etc/init.d > What you should do is > > ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/rcN.d/S99xdm > > bye > Claudio > > Arvind Marathe wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have debian etch installed with icewm window manager. I want xdm >> sevices >> to start at boot so that i get the gui login. I changed the runlevel in >> /etc/inittab from 2 to 5. But still xdm services do not start at boot. >> So >> I checked my /etc/rc5.d/ directory and found that there is no file >> S99xdm >> in that directory. Nor a file S99xdm exists in /etc/rc4.d/ or >> /etc/rc3.d/ >> What do i need to do so that the system will create S99xdm file in >> /etc/rcN.d/ (N=3,4,5)? >> >> Thabnks and Regards, >> Arvind >> >> > > -- > Claudio Mazzariello, Ph.D. student > Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica > Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" > via Claudio 21 -- 80125 Napoli (Italy) > Phone: +39 0817683849 - Fax: +39 0817683816 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.comics.unina.it/claudio.mazzariello > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
