xdm not autostarting

2023-02-20 Thread Andreas Leha
Hi all, Unfortunately I can't trace exactly how I got myself in this situation, but right now, xdm does not autostart for me. Largely, what I did: Install bullseye without GUI but install xdm later manually. I also upgraded to bookworm (for other reasons). It might well be that the iss

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-03-01 Thread Anssi Saari
John Goerzen writes: > But sddm doesn't work. In fact, when it starts, it causes my monitor to > go "no signal". Oddly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit > enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it > should. > > I als

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 28 2022, Felix Miata wrote: >> However, removing modesetting_drv.so from >> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers did. That solved the problem. > >> But it didn't switch to nouveau; it went to fbdev. > > You likely created a new problem. modesetting_drv.so is the default DIX for > AMD, > Int

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread Felix Miata
John Goerzen composed on 2022-02-28 22:11 (UTC-0600): > Interestingly, purging xserver-xorg-video-nouveau didn't change > anything. That means you must have been /using/ the modesetting DIX driver. > However, removing modesetting_drv.so from > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers did. That solved the

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 28 2022, Felix Miata wrote: > There are two nouveau drivers: > > kernel device > display device > modesetting > nouveau > > Both possible full-function display device drivers depend on the nouveau > kernel > driver (module). inxi -Gayz will show

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
7;t work. In fact, when it starts, it causes my monitor to > go "no signal". Oddly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit > enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it > should. > > I also tried lightdm and xdm. Both of them also had &quo

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread Felix Miata
ct, when it starts, it causes my monitor to > go "no signal". Oddly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit > enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it > should. > I also tried lightdm and xdm. Both of them also had "no signal" when

Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
ly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it should. I also tried lightdm and xdm. Both of them also had "no signal" when starting. It is using the nouveau driver. There are no errors in Xorg.0.log, jou

xdm password display [was: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?]

2020-10-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 07:20:22PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 14:59:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 01:36:45PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > > The tradition allows for configuring xdm to show stars when the pa

Re: xdm config

2019-12-10 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 9 Dec 2019, didier.gau...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps wdm would be of interest for you: https://packages.debian.org/buster/wdm Bingo! This is exactly what I was looking for, and more. The install was like butter, even offering a selection of which display manager was to be default. T

Re: xdm config

2019-12-09 Thread didier . gaumet
Perhaps wdm would be of interest for you: https://packages.debian.org/buster/wdm

Re: xdm config

2019-12-08 Thread tomas
On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 05:10:06PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Can xdm be cajoled into displaying "Reboot" and/or "Shutdown" > buttons on its welcome screen? > > (By which odd choice of words I mean the principal screen presented > by xdm at X start-up time,

xdm config

2019-12-08 Thread Bob Bernstein
Can xdm be cajoled into displaying "Reboot" and/or "Shutdown" buttons on its welcome screen? (By which odd choice of words I mean the principal screen presented by xdm at X start-up time, e.g. the one which queries the user for credentials.) Thank You -- What can

Re: unmount a removable store automatically before xdm logout.

2014-05-25 Thread Reco
once all offending processes will end. > Not sure that "xdm restart" should run in the background. That depends on whenever you'll execute this script from an X client or not. Stopping xdm would terminate X, which, in turn, will terminate all X clients, which, in turn can prevent

unmount a removable store automatically before xdm logout.

2014-05-25 Thread peter
nohup sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart >/tmp/xdm.restart 2>&1 & fi fi exit 0 Not sure that "xdm restart" should run in the background. Any comment welcome. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved

2013-09-03 Thread Luis Bandarra
Hi, On 02-09-2013 18:54, Thomas H. George wrote: apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very briefly - it took me three reboots to read it). I think i s

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved, Not Entirely

2013-09-02 Thread Thomas H. George
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 01:54:42PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. > > I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon > nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very > briefly - it took me three reboots

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved

2013-09-02 Thread Thomas H. George
apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very briefly - it took me three reboots to read it). The notes on the fglrx-driver actually suggest trying the newe

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems, little help

2013-09-01 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/31/2013 02:21 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: > Still trying to solve this problem I ran two straces. > Summary: The system will boot as xdm with 6 virtual terminal, no x > window > OR > The system will boot as gdm3 with a gnome desk

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems, little help

2013-08-31 Thread Thomas H. George
Still trying to solve this problem I ran two straces. strace -f -e trace=open,read /etc/init.d/xdm restart This trace ends "xdm is not the default manager" after reading /usr/sbin/xdm from the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager. There is no file xdm in /usr/sbin/ although xdm is

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-30 Thread Thomas H. George
6 available but no desktop, nothing at F7. Opened tty1 as root and ran the above commands with the result shown. Then entered debconf xdm. Immediatedly the gnome classic desktop opened at F7 and the terminals at tty1 through tty6 were lost as described in the original post. No problem opening a

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-29 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/30/13, Thomas H. George wrote: > Problem: On initial bootup there is a message that gdm3 is not fully > installed, probably a hardware problem. (The Gigabyte mb has onboard > video AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics) > > Problem: Despite bootup message classic gnome display appears and works > but s

tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-29 Thread Thomas H. George
switching to terminals fails (Ctl-Alt-F1 results in the screen going blank, then No Signal) Problem: Returning to desktop (Ctl-Alt-F7 works but with a split screen wrapped around the center.) Problem: If /etc/X11/default-display-manager is edited to set /usr/sbin/xdm and the system is rebooted

Re (2): startx vs. xdm

2012-07-31 Thread peasthope
From: Chris Bannister Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:40:12 +1200 > ... it says .xsessionrc is read by .xsession, yet I have no .xsession file. > But from here: > root@tal:~# file /usr/bin/startx > /usr/bin/startx: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable > which points to ... > which sources: .

Re: .xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

2012-07-31 Thread Javier Vasquez
27;. Hmm, to me it doesn't matter, I call the WM from withing .xinitrc, as the last thing to call: % tail -1 ~/.xinitrc exec startfluxbox > >> I've been using .xinitrc and .xsession with plain fluxbox (no DE), to >> work with plain startx or xdm (other DMs as well such as slim and

Re: startx vs. xdm

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:52:58AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > I use startx, and only have an .xsessionrc file. I know it is read > > because of the xterm settings. > > Resources, whether for xterm, urxvt, or similar, usually are not > configured into .xinitrc, neither .xsession (I never used

Re: .xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Bannister
update-alternatives --display x-window-manager x-window-manager - auto mode link currently points to /usr/bin/fvwm2 /usr/bin/fvwm2 - priority 50 slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/fvwm2.1.gz Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/fvwm2'. > I've been using .x

Re: .xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

2012-07-29 Thread Javier Vasquez
y are specified in .Xresources and >>> .Xdefaults. However it might be you "xrdb" them from .xsessionrc, >>> though .Xdefaults the old days was supposed to beloaded automatically >>> without being loaded through xrdb. >>> >>> Now, to make both

Re: .xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

2012-07-29 Thread Javier Vasquez
em from .xsessionrc, >> though .Xdefaults the old days was supposed to beloaded automatically >> without being loaded through xrdb. >> >> Now, to make both startx and xdm (and other DMs using .xsession) what >> is required is to have .xinitrc with execute permissions (.xs

.xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

2012-07-28 Thread Chris Bannister
tically > without being loaded through xrdb. > > Now, to make both startx and xdm (and other DMs using .xsession) what > is required is to have .xinitrc with execute permissions (.xsession > requires them for for several DMs if I recall correctly since it gets > executed), and then

Re: startx vs. xdm

2012-07-28 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:31:51PM -0400, John L. Cunningham wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 09:20:02AM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: >> > In the process of trying to make xmonad work I've found >> &g

Re: startx vs. xdm

2012-07-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:31:51PM -0400, John L. Cunningham wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 09:20:02AM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > In the process of trying to make xmonad work I've found > > that startx fails whereas xdm succeeds. The logs are here. &g

Re (2): startx vs. xdm

2012-07-27 Thread peasthope
From: "John L. Cunningham" Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:31:51 -0400 > I would only note that startx and xdm don't necessarily look at the same > startup files. xdm looks for .xsession and startx looks for .xinitrc. /home/peter/.xsession is non-existent and /home/peter/.

Re: startx vs. xdm

2012-07-27 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 09:20:02AM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > In the process of trying to make xmonad work I've found > that startx fails whereas xdm succeeds. The logs are here. > startx fails: http://carnot.yi.org/Xorg.0.log.old > xdm succeeds: http://carnot.yi.org/Xo

startx vs. xdm

2012-07-27 Thread peasthope
In the process of trying to make xmonad work I've found that startx fails whereas xdm succeeds. The logs are here. startx fails: http://carnot.yi.org/Xorg.0.log.old xdm succeeds: http://carnot.yi.org/Xorg.0.log My summary of the differences follows. Any insights to direct further st

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-16 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 01:12:12PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: > I run then the commands: > > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install $(dpkg -S LC_MESSAGES | cut\ > -d: -f1 | tr ', ' '\n' | sort -u) > > I get after that - without reboooting my system - Hungarian menus in > Midnig

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-15 Thread Csanyi Pal
Raf Czlonka writes: > On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 09:49:05AM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> I tried to run mc, ekiga, bluefish: >> $ LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 mc >> $ LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 ekiga >> $ LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 bluefish >> >> Neither mc and ekiga nor bluefish gives to me Hungarian menus. :( > > In that case a

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-15 Thread Raf Czlonka
work that would point to your DM or WM not setting your > > environment properly. ^^ Try without xdm, use startx. Also try running, e.g. 'mc' or other curses app under x-terminal and under tty and see if it makes a difference. If neither o

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-09 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi Raf, Raf Czlonka writes: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 09:13:42PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Raf Czlonka writes: >> > What's the content of /etc/default/locale and what does "locale" say? >> >> The content of /etc/default/locale is: >> LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 > > Last but not least, try running: > > %

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-09 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 09:13:42PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Raf Czlonka writes: > > What's the content of /etc/default/locale and what does "locale" say? > > The content of /etc/default/locale is: > LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 Last but not least, try running: % LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8 mc or any other program pr

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Csanyi Pal
Raf Czlonka writes: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:44:07PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Raf Czlonka writes: >> > Try: >> > >> > % dpkg-reconfigure locales >> >> I already did it and doesn't help. > > What's the content of /etc/default/locale and what does "locale" say? The content of /etc/default/l

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:44:07PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Raf Czlonka writes: > > Try: > > > > % dpkg-reconfigure locales > > I already did it and doesn't help. What's the content of /etc/default/locale and what does "locale" say? Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: > Csanyi Pal wrote: >> So in MC I get half in Hungarian (say tips) and half in English (menus, >> etc.). > > Did you try posting the MC mailing list? >> In Ekiga menus are in English and not in Hungarian. No, I didn't because I think this isn't MC related issue; I can se

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Csanyi Pal
Raf Czlonka writes: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:13:36PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> I'm trying setup Hungarian environment by editing files in my $HOME >> directory: >> >> .xsessionrc >> Language=hu_HU.utf8 >> Layout=hu standard >> >> ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart >> Language=hu_HU.ut

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:13:36PM BST, Csanyi Pal wrote: > I'm trying setup Hungarian environment by editing files in my $HOME > directory: > > .xsessionrc > Language=hu_HU.utf8 > Layout=hu standard > > ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart > Language=hu_HU.utf8 > Layout=hu That's not the ri

Re: Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Csanyi Pal wrote: Hi, after i upgraded to SID when I run Midnight Commander, or Ekiga, or other application, I get not menus in Hungarian language as I get it before upgrade. I'm using XDM as X login and Window Maker as window manager. I'm trying setup Hungarian environment by edi

Debian SID - Can't setup Language for applications(using xdm, wmaker)

2011-10-05 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, after i upgraded to SID when I run Midnight Commander, or Ekiga, or other application, I get not menus in Hungarian language as I get it before upgrade. I'm using XDM as X login and Window Maker as window manager. I'm trying setup Hungarian environment by editing files in my $HOME

Re: Multiple logins with XDM

2011-07-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:02:24 +1200, Aidan Gauland a écrit : > Hi, > > I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver. > When I click the "New Login" button from the locked screensaver > dialog, XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find >

Multiple logins with XDM

2011-07-19 Thread Aidan Gauland
Hi, I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver. When I click the "New Login" button from the locked screensaver dialog, XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find gdmflexiserver. So it seems to expect GDM, but I prefer a simpler display manager such as

Re: xdm shutting down

2010-12-18 Thread joseph lockhart
-- Sent from AT&T's Wireless network using Mobile Email --Original Message-- From: Sthu Deus To: Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:36:22 PM GMT+0700 Subject: xdm shutting down Good day. I use xdm on one of my machines and therefore have no shutdown button in it. Can

xdm shutting down

2010-12-18 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. I use xdm on one of my machines and therefore have no shutdown button in it. Can I specify some other combination of keys in inittab instead of the 3 standard ones for the purpose - so that w/ those I still be able to restart the OS, and w/ others I might shutdown it? Thank You for

Re: Lenny XDM won't start X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting.

2010-08-11 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Siju George writes: > X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a > directory, aborting. I googled for this and found "Problem gefunden, das Gruppen-SUID-Bit war für /tmp gesetzt. :-/" from http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user.german/browse_thread/thread/a03476dee2

Lenny XDM won't start X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting.

2010-08-10 Thread Siju George
Hi, All of a Sudden My lenny wont start XDM the XDM log gives X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting. Every time I restart /tmp/.X11-unix is not created with mode 1777. If i manually change the /tmp/.X11-unix mode to 1777 ans use 'startx' I

Re: xdm autologin important for tiny devices

2010-06-01 Thread jidanni
>>>>> "JDC" == Jaime Di Cristina writes: JDC> For automatic login as the same user every time try nodm. Works perfectly! Ah, sure wish it was hinted to on the xdm man page! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &qu

Re: xdm autologin important for tiny devices

2010-06-01 Thread Jaime Di Cristina
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:34:00PM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=201855 > T> on my openmoko freerunner I modified /etc/pam.d/xdm by replacing > T> > T> @include common-auth > T> > T> with > T> > T>

Re: xdm autologin important for tiny devices

2010-06-01 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:58:36 -0430, Roberto De Oliveira wrote: >> That is half the way to full automatic login! Every day for the last 10 >> years I've had to type in username and password. Can somebody tell me >> how to get some relief without having to switch display managers, for >> heavens sa

Re: xdm autologin important for tiny devices

2010-06-01 Thread Roberto De Oliveira
> > That is half the way to full automatic login! > Every day for the last 10 years I've had to type in username and > password. Can somebody tell me how to get some relief without having to > switch display managers, for heavens sake. Maybe, the problem is that _there is_ a display manager. If yo

xdm autologin important for tiny devices

2010-05-31 Thread jidanni
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=201855 T> on my openmoko freerunner I modified /etc/pam.d/xdm by replacing T> T> @include common-auth T> T> with T> T> authrequiredpam_permit.so T> T> so that I only need to type the username of the use

Package install warns to stop XDM service, but it's not running

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Schlodder
Hello; FYI: I'm new to Linux :) I am running Debian and attempting to install the cvm package. I recieve an warning, stating that I have to manually stop the XDM service, but when I use /etc/init.d/xdm stop, it says that XDM is not running. I have also used rcconf and de-selected XDM. T

Re: Cannot stop XDM service

2010-04-28 Thread Rob Owens
the cvm package (apt-get install cvm), I recieve a > warning indicating that the XDM service cannot be automatically > stopped/started and that I should do so manually. > > I then use rcconf to remove the little dot-selector-thingy beside XDM, > which, as far as I understand, shoul

Cannot stop XDM service

2010-04-28 Thread Tom Schlodder
First of all, I am very new to Linux but am well aware of the need to learn. After considerable googling with my issue, I gave up and thought I'd try a mailing list instead :) In attempting to install the cvm package (apt-get install cvm), I recieve a warning indicating that the XDM se

Re: How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?

2009-09-21 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:05:09AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished? Can I ask why you want to do that ? > > What do I need to put into > /etc/init.d/rc.local's > INIT INFO section? > > Can I put it t

Re: How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?

2009-09-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,21.Sep.09, 11:05:09, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished? > > What do I need to put into > /etc/init.d/rc.local's > INIT INFO section? > > Can I put it there or must I put it into /etc/init.d/xdm's? &

Re: How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?

2009-09-20 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Dan Jacobson] > How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished? Well, there are several ways to do this, but I will limit myself to one of them. I assume you start with these headers, which are the current ones in unstable: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides:

How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?

2009-09-20 Thread jidanni
How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished? What do I need to put into /etc/init.d/rc.local's INIT INFO section? Can I put it there or must I put it into /etc/init.d/xdm's? I read insserv(8) but it is mishmosh to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Solved, re: xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-20 Thread whollygoat
ust > > returns me to the login display. > > > > I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series > > laptop. > > > > I know my password is being accepted because > > the screen behaviour is different for a wrong > > password. > > > > /var/

Re: xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-20 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, wrote: > I can't login in graphically.  My password is > accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like > when it is starting up a session, then just > returns me to the login display. > > I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i

xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-10 Thread whollygoat
I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display. I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen be

Re: starting lxde with xdm

2009-06-04 Thread Lorenzo Beretta
Umarzuki Mochlis ha scritto: i installed lxde with aptitude install --without-recommends lxde then i ran update-alternatives --config x-session-manager no startx, weird. Ran startlxde but nothing happened then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but nothing

Re: starting lxde with xdm

2009-06-04 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but > nothing happened > > which step that i missed Mine's .Xsession, works well. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

starting lxde with xdm

2009-06-03 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
i installed lxde with aptitude install --without-recommends lxde then i ran update-alternatives --config x-session-manager no startx, weird. Ran startlxde but nothing happened then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but nothing happened which step that i missed

Re: xdm support for UTF-8 text in Xresources

2009-01-04 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed lenny on a new computer and, like all other times I > installed Debian before, I had to customise the xdm files to suit my > needs. Nothing wrong so far. > > Every time I input some UTF-8 text in Xresources and chan

xdm support for UTF-8 text in Xresources

2009-01-04 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobica
Hi, I recently installed lenny on a new computer and, like all other times I installed Debian before, I had to customise the xdm files to suit my needs. Nothing wrong so far. Every time I input some UTF-8 text in Xresources and change the default font from iso8859-1 to iso10646-1 (btw, why

Re: Heimdal Kerberos XDM and Login

2008-10-06 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jason C. Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know of a package for kerberized login and XDM, preferably heimdal? I wasn't able to scare one up. Login and xdm should use PAM, so as long as you

Re: Heimdal Kerberos XDM and Login

2008-10-04 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jason C. Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of a package for kerberized login and XDM, preferably > heimdal? I wasn't able to scare one up. > > Regards, > Jason C. Wells > (who has Debian on the desktop for the fir

Heimdal Kerberos XDM and Login

2008-10-04 Thread Jason C. Wells
Does anyone know of a package for kerberized login and XDM, preferably heimdal? I wasn't able to scare one up. Regards, Jason C. Wells (who has Debian on the desktop for the first time after many years with FreeBSD) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

xscreensaver and XDM login window

2008-06-28 Thread David Witbrodt
Has anyone on this list who runs XDM tried to get the 'xscreensaver' to run on the login screen? The 'man' page gives some instructions, but those do not work for me. In fact, the suggestion to place xhost +localhost in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config does not work. On my sys

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Lubos Vrbka
> Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if you put your monitor's physical dimensions in xorg.conf right. problem is that this is a notebook (i945gm chipset) and i am attaching an external monitor to it. i haven't been able to figure

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:37:18AM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > and now it works fine! later i also discovered that for xdm i explicitely > also have the option "-dpi 100" > > thanks for help! Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Lubos Vrbka
-nolisten tcp -dpi 100 and now it works fine! later i also discovered that for xdm i explicitely also have the option "-dpi 100" thanks for help! regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED]" http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:39:08 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi guys, > > i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using > xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... > > then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi

font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized

Re: Noobe XDM questions

2007-04-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:48:30 +0300, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > And it might also be that .xsession is ignored if you run *dm. This is certainly not the case using xdm. manoj ps: I certainly see these things happen in my sessions #!/bin/zsh # $XC

Re: Noobe XDM questions

2007-04-03 Thread Michael Pobega
directory. This is not working for me; adding > > > an .xsession file to my home directory simply causes the XDM login > > > widget to disappear, then reappear. > > > > > > I made the .xsession file readable and executable to the group and > > >

Re: Noobe XDM questions

2007-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
ut the docs suggest that users can > > customize an X session simply by placing the '.xsession' file into > > their home directory. This is not working for me; adding > > an .xsession file to my home directory simply causes the XDM login > > widget to disappear

Re: Noobe XDM questions

2007-04-02 Thread Michael Pobega
acing the '.xsession' file into their home > directory. This is not working for me; adding an .xsession file to my > home directory simply causes the XDM login widget to disappear, then > reappear. > > I made the .xsession file readable and executable to the group and othe

Noobe XDM questions

2007-04-02 Thread Terrence Branscombe
directory simply causes the XDM login widget to disappear, then reappear. I made the .xsession file readable and executable to the group and other users, and tried the simplest of contents: #!/bin/bash xterm & When this occurs my /var/log/xdm.log file contains the following entries: Mon A

Re: xdm suddenly stopped

2007-03-28 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:19:03 +0530 (IST) Arvind Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I had a debian etch running on my system for the past few months. > Today the system was working fine, i was out for a while for tea, > when i came back, it

Re: xdm suddenly stopped

2007-03-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] >> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice >^^ >> No such file or directory. >> (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device >> (EE) PreInit fa

[Solved] Re: xdm suddenly stopped

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Arvind Marathe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems like something happened to your mouse (do you have a > > cat? :) ). Check cables and try replacing it with a known good > > mouse. > > Couldn't figure out why the usb mouse suddenly died (must be a stray > cat, took 6 lng months to find

Re: xdm suddenly stopped

2007-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Arvind Marathe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I had a debian etch running on my system for the past few months. > Today the system was working fine, i was out for a while for tea, > when i came back, it had hanged and when i force-rebooted it after > everything else failed, x-window-syst

xdm suddenly stopped

2007-03-28 Thread Arvind Marathe
Hi all, I had a debian etch running on my system for the past few months. Today the system was working fine, i was out for a while for tea, when i came back, it had hanged and when i force-rebooted it after everything else failed, x-window-system does not start at all. I had put runlevel 5, but it

Re: [gdm-list] xdm doesn't run thru the gdm??

2007-03-04 Thread Brian Cameron
abdelkader belahcene wrote: Refer to section 5.2.3 of the docs for information about configuring XDMCP: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs/2.16/configuration.html Note Enable=false by default, so you need to turn it on if you want it to work. You can also configure by running gdmsetup as

Re: xdm doesn't run thru the gdm??

2007-03-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:52:25PM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > The following doesn't exit at all on previous version, on sarge > (debian) I used last year, but it on the current version etch > (debian). > > the problem is: > I have a serveur running the standard etch (debian ) with

xdm doesn't run thru the gdm??

2007-03-04 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, The following doesn't exit at all on previous version, on sarge (debian) I used last year, but it on the current version etch (debian). the problem is: I have a serveur running the standard etch (debian ) with gnome, I configured the Login window and check (activate) the XDMCP. My server is

dm-crypt und xdm

2007-02-28 Thread Frank Ursel
klappt aber nur in der Konsole. Dort wird korrekt ausgehängt und /dev/mapper/home gibts auch nicht mehr. Wenn ich mich aber aus meinem Desktopmanager abmelde und wieder beim Xdm lande, bleibt /dev/mapper/home bestehen und /home bleibt eingehangen... Wieso? und wie kann ich das Verhalten dem der

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-26 Thread Arvind Marathe
How stupid of me? it isn't...i had done apt-get install x-window-system and i thought xdm gets installed with that. I installed it and now it is running fine. Thanks to all of you. Regards, Arvind > Arvind Marathe wrote: >> Hi Claudio, >> the problem is: there is no

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-26 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Arvind Marathe wrote: Hi Claudio, the problem is: there is no /etc/init.d/xdm file Are you sure you have xdm installed? Run "dpkg-query -W xdm" to check it. If it is installed, try to reinstall it. apt-get update apt-get --reinstall install xdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-25 Thread Arvind Marathe
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.shskeleton alsa ifupdown-clean networking ssh alsa-utils keymap.sh nfs

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-25 Thread Claudio Mazzariello
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

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