Re: Still need help and Sorry to Kmself (xdm problems)

2001-01-23 Thread Jim McCloskey
|> okay to answer your questions, first xdm starts up upon booting. I |> get a login screen with spaces for user name and password. I can |> type in the information and the computer appears to accept the |> information, goes black for a second or two as though it's about to |> show me my desktop,

Post linux 2.4.0 xdm problems

2001-01-16 Thread Michael Madden
After upgrading to linux 2.4.0, I've noticed xdm is noticeably slower. For example, after the xdm screen, it takes almost exactly 1 minute to start WindowMaker. It used to almost immediate when I was running 2.2.18. I am using a Matrox G400 with 32 MB RAM. Other than the slow login, WindowMaker

xdm problems

2000-10-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Well, I upgraded enlightenment, and then at the xdm prompt, it refused to let me in. I rebooted into single-user mode (I had to hit the reset button!!), removed the xdm symlink for runlevel 2 and booted again (considering that it let me login as root in single-user mode...). Let me in fine. So

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-06 Thread Adam Rice
Quoting Chris Flipse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Currenty running XFree86 3.3.3.1 using the s3v server. Try using the SVGA server instead... it's supposed to be less buggy. From what I've read, the s3v server will be going away in future anyway. Having said that, I get intermittent crashes on exitting

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-06 Thread John Pearson
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 03:06:52PM -0400, Chris Flipse wrote > I've got an issue with the *dm programs > I had thought it was just an issue with xdm, but this just happened with > kdm as well... > > I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in > X. However, occasio

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Flipse
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 08:20:11PM +0100, Philip Armstrong wrote: On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 03:06:52PM -0400, Chris Flipse wrote: > I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in > X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the > login app agai

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Philip Armstrong
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 03:06:52PM -0400, Chris Flipse wrote: > I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in > X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the > login app again, I get a series of red and black vertical stripes on my > monitor, and m

XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Flipse
I've got an issue with the *dm programs I had thought it was just an issue with xdm, but this just happened with kdm as well... I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the login app again, I get

xdm problems

1998-10-15 Thread Riccardo Tommasini
I have just installed a Debian Linux system which directy boots xdm. What appens is that the first login goes ok, but as soon as the user logouts and a second one tryes to login (from the console) the window manager appears, but then the machine hangs. any suggestion? Thanks in advance, ric __

xdm problems

1998-10-14 Thread Riccardo Tommasini
I have just installed a Debian Linux system which directy boots xdm. What appens is that the first login goes ok, but as soon as the user logouts and a second one tryes to login (from the console) the window manager appears, but then the machine hangs. any suggestion? Thanks in advance, ric

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I use this as root: # xauth -f ~srivasta/.Xauthority -i extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge - manoj -- "Therefore, one should never admit a garrison larger than one's own forces, especially when composed of barbarians." Polybios, writing in the mid-2nd century BC (paraphr

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Kevin Sivits
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Jan Echternach wrote: >On 14 November 1997, Sten Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Another workaround is: >> >> cp /home/USER/.Xauthority /root/ > >Or to set XAUTHORITY to point to the user's .Xauthority. I've done this >with my "xterm -e root", and it works pretty

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Paul Miller wrote: : On 13 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: [ snip ] : : > BTW, why don't you add a Reply-To: header? There is no host : > 3dillusion.3dillusion.com. : : damn.. I've had this problem since I installed BIND. My email address : used to only include my domain by def

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Jan Echternach
On 14 November 1997, Sten Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another workaround is: > > cp /home/USER/.Xauthority /root/ Or to set XAUTHORITY to point to the user's .Xauthority. I've done this with my "xterm -e root", and it works pretty well (unfortunately I can't tell you how exactly I

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Sten Anderson
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 13 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > You can turn off this security by typing `xhost +localhost' at an > > xterm prompt; thenceforth during that X session any user on the local > > computer will be able to run clients. > > hmm.. I'll try that, maybe t

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Paul Miller
On 13 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AUDIT: Thu Nov 13 23:27:51 1997: 975 X: client 3 rejected from local host > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 > > This sort of message generally means that someone not authorized to > connect to your X server tr

Re: xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Ben Pfaff
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AUDIT: Thu Nov 13 23:27:51 1997: 975 X: client 3 rejected from local host > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 This sort of message generally means that someone not authorized to connect to your X server tried to connect anyway. Since the host was the

xdm problems...

1997-11-14 Thread Paul Miller
I'm using Debian/hamm ... and I'm trying to get xconsole to work.. it works fine from the window manager menus, but won't run with xdm/kdm.. I also noticed this other problem.. and I don't know what it means. /var/log/xdm-errors: AUDIT: Thu Nov 13 23:27:51 1997: 975 X: client 3 rejected from lo