Thanks for the responses. Yes, run-xconsole is unnecessary (I also comment it out), but the xdm-start-server was missing. Note: not no-xdm-start-server (or perhaps this is this an option?)
As someone else pointed out, the line :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X needed to be inserted in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers in place of the commented line indicating that debian had not configured X. I had found that one by comparing with my other Debian system, but made the mistake of typing /usr/X11R6/lib/X, which was hard to debug. The gzips fonts in XFree86 3.3 are also incompatible with AcceleratedX. I tried gunzip'ping them, then compress'ing them, but still get an error: font `fixed' not found. Xaccel currently runs by pointing to the XFree86 3.2 fonts. If anyone has any ideas about the nature of this fonts error, let me know. As for the X configuration, the setup scripts should probably be a bit smoother, and more verbose on exiting about how to get back on track after exiting to manually configure an X server. David > > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > > ... > > >Now I try to run xdm and it doesn't start. I have a xdm-start > > >line in my /etc/X11/config and on boot it reports that it is > > >starting up xdm. Manually `xdm start` or `xdm` do nothing. > > >What else do I need to configure? > > > > This is my /etc/X11/config: > > > > # This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System. > > # For a description of the meanings of the flags, see > > # /usr/doc/X11/debian.README > > > > run-xconsole > > obey-nologin > > allow-user-resources > > allow-user-modmap > > allow-user-xsession > > allow-failsafe > > start-xdm > > start-fs > > no-xdm-start-server > > > > run-xconsole may be the item you are missing? > > I don't think so, I have xdm running with run-xconsole commented out. > That is no problem. If you comment it out you just don't see all those > error messages in the console window passing by :) > > Eric > > -- > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 > Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 > Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .