> Tom Allison wrote: > Do you perhaps have two video cards in the system? Or is the G400 > dual-headed? >
No... Just one G400, single head. >> After this completed, I rebooted (new kernel) and was able to start up >> xdm (did not start automatically). > > Odd that it did not start automatically. > Yes... it is. >> I could login using XDM to the WindowMaker desktop as root. As a >> non-root user, my login failed and I was sent back to the XDM login >> screen. > > Instead of using XDM, can you start X as a normal user with just the > "startx" command? > No I cannot run startx as normal user. > My first suspicion would be "/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config" having the line > "allowed_users=root" instead of "allowed_users=console". If so, you can > change it manually or run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common" and properly > answer the question about who can run X. > I was never asked, under Medium dialog, who could run this. I will check it when I get in front of my computer. If this does solve the matter, then I will consider filing a bugreport against the installation. Thanks for the suggestion. > >> At this point I will retry installation of Debian using only -stable >> packages to see if this can be set up correctly with those packages. > > Yikes! No need to reinstall. This is just an X issue, not an OS issue. > Normally true. But when I run into goofy stuff that I can't seem to identify after the experience overall and time on this one... It's faster to reinstall sometimes. This is a very new setup. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
