Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:53:41 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Volker Kindermann <freebsd@secspace.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xf86cfg gives file letting startx work, but not xdm--progress Message-ID: <200207291953.g6TJrftT015343@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:34:53 %2B0200." <20020729213453.1c9357c9.freebsd@secspace.de>
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> > I've installed xwrapper, and can now use startx, but I still can't get > > > xdm itself running :( > have you tried to start xdm via /etc/ttys? There is a line prepared for > starting xdm. You have only to change the "off" to "on" for ttyv8. I usuall don't use that until I can run xdm successfully, as I've tended to have assorted editing to do. It does give me a slightly different behavior :) xdm still comes up blinking, and rather than killing it outright, "killall -9 xdm" leaves a functioning xserver with a working mouse (and nothing more) on console 8. What I have here is the "blinkies" that come when the config file uses the wrong server or invalid mode, and the server tries again and again to restart itself. The problem, though, is that startx is able to use the config file, and xdm isn't. I've redone the config file with xf86config instead of xf86cfg, to no avail. hawk -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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