On Mon, 6 May 1996, Douglas Bates wrote: > When xbase was being installed I thought I responded that I wanted xdm > to be started at boot time. Now I can see that after a reboot an xdm > process is running but no X-server is started on the default display.
It's a known bug in the current X packages; they don't put the appropriate line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. Add the following line to this file and things should work: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > If I try to configure xbase again I get [...] You can't configure a package that's already configured. > I can run an X server as root by using startx. I cannot run it as a > regular user; presumably because of permission problems. You can change who is allowed to run an X server by editing /etc/X11/Xserver; there are three choices: RootOnly, Console and Anybody. > I would welcome suggestions on what to reconfigure so the X server > starts up at boot time. If adding the line to /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver doesn't work, try adding the line 'start-xdm' to /etc/X11/config. If there's a line there saying 'no-start-xdm' then remove it. This controls whether xdm is started at all. If /etc/X11/config doesn't exist then you have an old version of the X packages. I've answered the question about /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers about five times now, and each time the answer has been posted to debian-user. Please would people check through the most recent messages before posting questions, as some questions really are frequently asked. I'll release a fixed set of X packages soon (as soon as I've finished my dissertation - there's a deadline soon). Steve Early [EMAIL PROTECTED]