On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> 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!
I had the exact problem also. I just installed the xinitrc rpm . I used the
one from cooker but I suppose the original one from your installation would
work. Just uninstall it and reinstall it.
