On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Mike W4LNA wrote: > On Thursday 24 January 2002 04:34 pm, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > > > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > > > I'm running Debian PPC (woody) on a PowerMac 7500 with a 250MHz G3 card. > > > > > That's a pretty unique hardware situation compared to most people...
True, but I was hoping my problem was more generic. I provided the info just in case. > > > 'startx' works fine for me, but xdm doesn't. When I use xdm, a partial > > > text window appears in the lower right corner of the scrren while the > > > login window is up. The text window seems to have some log statements in > > > them. I can't move it or anything. > > > > > > After I log in, the screen stays gray. I can use the mouse to bring up > > > the menu and log out. When I do, the xdm login screen shows up as before > > > (with the text box), but everything is hung. I can't type or use the > > > mouse. I can do ctrl-alt-command-shift-F1 to bring up a console screen, > > > from which I can do normal console stuff. > > What no window manager? Check for a ".xsession" file in your home > directory. It should have something like "exec startkde" in it. OK. I moved my .xinitrc to .xsession, and now I get a working session. However, once I log out, I still the the "frozen" screen - I can't type or move the mouse. Actually, if I hit ctrl-command-f1, I can log in, but then it hangs once my "desktop" comes up (I don't use a Desktop Environment). Here's my .xsession file here (don't worry, it's small): ---- begin .xsession file #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid darkslateblue #start some xterms /usr/bin/X11/xterm -sb -ls -geom 80x25-2+2 -title "shell"& #start the window manager exec /usr/bin/flwm ---- end .xsession file -- Paul F. Pearson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://home.hiwaay.net/~ppearson/ "Lord heal our land. Father heal our land. Hear our cry and turn our nation back to You" - Heal Our Land, _Magnify The Lord_ (Integrity Music)
