Patrick Mayer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After fighting a while with Xfree 4.0 that came with Mdk7.1 (I could
> only get a screen full of garbage), I've managed to install Xfree 4.01
> by using the binary tar balls provided by xfree86.org. However, I have a
> new problem: the graphical login does not function properly anymore: kdm
> appears (with the X background) with all options but I cannot launch KDE
> or any other window manager from there. I can only startx from the
> prompt (runlevel 3) and I only get TWM, which is far from ideal. Does
> anyone have any insight about how to make the graphical login functional
> again, as well as the other window managers, short of reinstalling 3.3.6
> ?
>
> Thank you for your time!!!
Patrick,
I posted on this a week back. I hope you still have the original
/etc/X11/xdm file in a backup somewhere. You need to replace the new
/xdm, which doesn't work in the tarball version, with the old one.
Worked for me. Good luck!
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