Re: x-window startup and other problems
I entered 'aptitude install x-window-system' and something started, but attempts to connect ftp.sk.debian.org failed. That's why the packages were not installed. I thought it was because of some drop out of debian servers, so I tried today again, but it was the same. Probably there's something with network settings, because I tried also 'ssh some host' and it didn't work. But the installation went allright from the network. Thank you for your help. Andrej On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 06:29:35PM +0200, Mariusz Kruk wrote: I don't use aptitude, so I'm not sure what the status letters mean, but 'i' looks like installed. Anyway, do the programs work if you provide the shell with the complete path (/usr/bin/gcc, for example)? -- \/ A left brace was mandatory here, so I've put | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | one in.(TeX) | http://epsilon.eu.org/ | /\ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-window startup and other problems
Andrej Repisky wrote: I entered 'aptitude install x-window-system' and something started, but attempts to connect ftp.sk.debian.org failed. That's why the packages were not installed. I thought it was because of some drop out of debian servers, so I tried today again, but it was the same. Probably there's something with network settings, because I tried also 'ssh some host' and it didn't work. But the installation went allright from the network. Thank you for your help. So you're saying that your network does not work? What's the result of ifconfig? Can you ping anything by name? By number? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
x-window startup and other problems
Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example links, lynx, gcc and so on. But if I run aptitude, I see gcc-3.3 or something among the devel packages. Why doesn't the command gcc work, then? Another example is graphics -- X window. There is KDE and gnome among packages, but the command startx is not recognized. This was my first GNU/Linux installation and I'm not very experianced, you may advise me another mailing list if you feel annoyed by my e-mails. Andrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-window startup and other problems
Andrej Repisky napisał(a): Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example links, lynx, gcc and so on. But if I run aptitude, I see gcc-3.3 or something among the devel packages. Why doesn't the command gcc work, then? Another example is graphics -- X window. There is KDE and gnome among packages, but the command startx is not recognized. This was my first GNU/Linux installation and I'm not very experianced, you may advise me another mailing list if you feel annoyed by my e-mails. Did you actually install the needed packages, or do you see them only as available for install? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-window startup and other problems
Mariusz Kruk wrote: Andrej Repisky napisał(a): Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example links, lynx, gcc and so on. But if I run aptitude, I see gcc-3.3 or something among the devel packages. Why doesn't the command gcc work, then? Another example is graphics -- X window. There is KDE and gnome among packages, but the command startx is not recognized. This was my first GNU/Linux installation and I'm not very experianced, you may advise me another mailing list if you feel annoyed by my e-mails. Did you actually install the needed packages, or do you see them only as available for install? Yes, your email does not make that clear. Try aptitude install lynx links gcc x-window-system and see what that does for you. -- Kent -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-window startup and other problems
Antony Gelberg wrote:
I think that whenever somebody installs an OS, he should read the
manual. You need to read the Debian Reference. http://www.debian.org/doc
And I always think it's tacky when the official support website
has link rot.
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Re: x-window startup and other problems
Sorry for the top post, blame this fricking Blackberry. I think there is
awareness that the documentation and access to it, could be better. I have
raised a bug against www.debian.org to this end.
May I suggest that you raise a bug for the breakage, or better still, submit a
patch?
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Subject: Re: x-window startup and other problems
Antony Gelberg wrote:
I think that whenever somebody installs an OS, he should read the
manual. You need to read the Debian Reference. http://www.debian.org/doc
And I always think it's tacky when the official support website
has link rot.
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Re: X session startup/shutdown scripts?
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 07:04:28AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: I am using GDM and have need for some things to start up and shut down based on me logging into/out of my X session. I've done a basic check of documentation but unless I am missing some DEEP MAGIC I didn't find anything too fit the bill. I figured I'd ask here before I cracked open my Python book to solve it that way. :D Maybe you've already opened your Python book by now... :) Anyhow, there are usually various related files below /etc/display-manager/. gdm(8) states that ... When a user logs in, gdm first attempts /etc/gdm/PreSession/display (or /etc/gdm/PreSes sion/Default), and then one of the sessions in /etc/gdm/Sessions. When the session has completed, gdm attempts to run /etc/gdm/PostSession/display, or /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default. Of all these files, only the /etc/gdm/Sessions one is required to exist. Have you played around with these already? Almut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X session startup/shutdown scripts?
I am using GDM and have need for some things to start up and shut down based on me logging into/out of my X session. I've done a basic check of documentation but unless I am missing some DEEP MAGIC I didn't find anything too fit the bill. I figured I'd ask here before I cracked open my Python book to solve it that way. :D -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+- signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
X-Windows startup issue!
Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! -Will Hardware Info: Ati Rage 128 Pro Ultra AGP (I believe it has 64 mb of video memory) Dell monitor (generic) supports a max of 800X600 at 60 mhz Have another Monitor an HP Pavillion v70s supports a max of 1024X768 at 75 mhz would like to have X-Windows work on both (is this acceptable to linux?) Thanks!! P.S- Oh yeah I forgot, It will only allow me to run 'startx' as root, is there anyway to make it, so I can run 'startx' as a normal user? TIA!! ___ X: unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0 This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs). XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 20040707142024 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Release Date: 15 August 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.23 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 07 July 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.2.20-idepci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 TF Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Thu Sep 2 11:33:48 2004 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o: No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module pex5 (module does not exist, 0) Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o: No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module xie (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device (EE) R128(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons (you may have to look at the server log to see warnings) (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows startup issue!
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:23:52PM +, Will Ness wrote: Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! -Will Hardware Info: Ati Rage 128 Pro Ultra AGP (I believe it has 64 mb of video memory) Dell monitor (generic) supports a max of 800X600 at 60 mhz Have another Monitor an HP Pavillion v70s supports a max of 1024X768 at 75 mhz would like to have X-Windows work on both (is this acceptable to linux?) Thanks!! P.S- Oh yeah I forgot, It will only allow me to run 'startx' as root, is there anyway to make it, so I can run 'startx' as a normal user? TIA!! ___ X: unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0 Xwrapper.config is missing? Mine is: ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # Do not edit within this region if you want your changes to be preserved by # debconf. Instead, make changes after the ### END DEBCONF SECTION line. allowed_users=console nice_value=-10 ### END DEBCONF SECTION Maybe if you create Xwrapper.config with that content it will work. It should have been created by the X install (is X configured?). This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs). XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 20040707142024 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Release Date: 15 August 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.23 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 07 July 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.2.20-idepci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) Are you trying to run a Sarge Xfree on Woody? #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 TF Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Thu Sep 2 11:33:48 2004 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o: No symbols found Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o: No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module pex5 (module does not exist, 0) Skipping /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o: No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module xie (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device (EE) R128(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons (you may have to look at the server log to see warnings) (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found In your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, you will find something like this: Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver vesa # BusID PCI:1:0:0 # Option UseFBDev true EndSection Try changing the word after Driver to vesa. IfFailure: Try vga16 When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement What an unusual X error :) -- The world's most effective spam filter: ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows startup issue!
Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows startup issue!
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? update-alternatives --config x-window-manager -- Thomas Adam -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows startup issue!
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:18:58PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? update-alternatives --config x-window-manager Do you mean/want: update-alternatives --config x-session-manager GNOME can use Sawfish, Enlightenment, Fvwm2, etc... I don't use KDE, but I doubt it is locked into a single WM either. -- The world's most effective spam filter: ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X/KDE startup problem.
Greetings I have loaded a Debian 3.0r1 on a alternate machine with a very similar graphics card (An ATI Rage 128) as my main machine. I want to learn about Debian before I migrate to it from my current distro. I have to keep a usable machine for my college work. (Computer Science student.) I got it all loaded and on boot up I get a graphical login screen, which would indicate to me that the X server itself is working. I try to login as root (as I don't as yet have a user account on this machine.) and load KDE, which is my prefered GUI. It seems to start to load KDE but I end up back at the graphical login screen. I have started dselect and have loaded everything that I can find the pertains to KDE but with no success. I also tried loging in using another selection of GUI and it starts. (Gnome is just not my cup of tea, sorry.) Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there an error log that I can view and get an idea of what is going on? Any help would be appreciated. -- Thanks Walt L. Williams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X question, startup
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 06:59:41AM +, Alexander Koch wrote: b) with gdm it will start, but with no borders around the windows, it just won't work out. It seems that you didn't have a window manager running. What is the right thing to do with gdm, do I need .xinitrc or .xsession or both? I have gnome-session in ~/.xsession I would like to have ssh-agent running for real, wmaker and gnome-session. What do I have to put there and in what order? wmaker's README.Debian says I should only exec /usr/bin/X11/wmaker, the gnome-session README.Debian says I should only amp out wmaker and then exec gnome-session. You can try xinit, and then when the xterm pops up: wmaker panel Then you can set the default window manager to wmaker using the Control Center. Argh? It has been tough enough to even start using X at all, the console just worked... Imagine a time where you can tell your friends about setting up X, or help one of them to doing the same. Or just _telling_ stuff in this list... Oki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X in startup
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:36:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0530, N. Raghavendra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What I have been doing to stop /etc/init.d/ scripts (like xdm) from being executed at bootup is to put the line exit 0 at the top of the file (as the first uncommented line). This makes the script neatly exit without doing anything. I've been known to do this, but I prefer to add an echo to indicate that this is the case. Scripts which silently fail can be annoying. E.g.: echo Not starting foo; exit 0 Hi, Thanks for the tip. It is certainly neater. Best, Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Harish-Chandra Research Institute | What foods these morsels be! GnuPG public key at:| http://riemann.mri.ernet.in/~raghu/ |
Re: X in startup
on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0530, N. Raghavendra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want to delete it shutdown -r now worked for me this morning, anyway. Hi, What I have been doing to stop /etc/init.d/ scripts (like xdm) from being executed at bootup is to put the line exit 0 at the top of the file (as the first uncommented line). This makes the script neatly exit without doing anything. I've been known to do this, but I prefer to add an echo to indicate that this is the case. Scripts which silently fail can be annoying. E.g.: echo Not starting foo; exit 0 Cheers. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgp9sZBM0fF0r.pgp Description: PGP signature
X in startup
does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? (i'm asking because I don't have X installed right now, but will in a few weeks..) thanks!! xucaen --- David Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want to delete it shutdown -r now worked for me this morning, anyway. david -Original Message- From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 15:11 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X-windows in startup I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login! IS there a way to escape out of this during the boot process? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
RE: X in startup
nope doesnt disable X just prevents it from starting automatically as part of the INIT process of linux. read the article http://www.egroups.com/files/newbieDoc/runlevels-intro.html mentioned on this list earlier today for more info. so startx should work fine (if you have setup your config files properly) cheers, david ps i dont know why my last posting appeared twice... is this my fault or a problem with list server -Original Message- From: Xucaen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 17:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X in startup does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? (i'm asking because I don't have X installed right now, but will in a few weeks..) thanks!! xucaen --- David Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want to delete it shutdown -r now worked for me this morning, anyway. david -Original Message- From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 15:11 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X-windows in startup I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login! IS there a way to escape out of this during the boot process? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X in startup
I usually rename just the (in my case kdm) /etc/init.d/xdm into /etc/init.d/xdm.bak. It mkes a lot easier to bring everything back into the old status. /etc/init.d/xdm stopwill shutdown xdm without rebooting. Matth On Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2001 11:40, David Turner wrote: nope doesnt disable X just prevents it from starting automatically as part of the INIT process of linux. read the article http://www.egroups.com/files/newbieDoc/runlevels-intro.html mentioned on this list earlier today for more info. so startx should work fine (if you have setup your config files properly) cheers, david ps i dont know why my last posting appeared twice... is this my fault or a problem with list server -Original Message- From: Xucaen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 17:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X in startup does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? (i'm asking because I don't have X installed right now, but will in a few weeks..) thanks!! xucaen --- David Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want to delete it shutdown -r now worked for me this morning, anyway. david -Original Message- From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 15:11 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X-windows in startup I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login! IS there a way to escape out of this during the boot process? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Re: X in startup
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want to delete it shutdown -r now worked for me this morning, anyway. Hi, What I have been doing to stop /etc/init.d/ scripts (like xdm) from being executed at bootup is to put the line exit 0 at the top of the file (as the first uncommented line). This makes the script neatly exit without doing anything. Cheers, Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Instead of loving your enemies, Harish-Chandra Research Institute | treat your friends GnuPG public key at:| a little better. http://riemann.mri.ernet.in/~raghu/ | -- Edgar W. Howe
X Windows Startup
Hello I am a new Linux user in Debian 2.0 i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i can still see the Prompt, but my screen is always changing colors from black to white. i cannot break it. i cannot even start a new session with ALT-F2. it sure shows me my new session, but i cannot type in it. so now i'm very helpless and i don't know what to do now ! I also had the same problem in Debian 1.3.1. so far i could never get X FREE running.. i cannot set up anything on my computer now, because it launches automatically X WINDOWSmaybe you want to know a few devices on my computer i have a VIPER 330 video card, a DEAWOO 15 screen an AMD K6 200 MHZ with 96 Megs RAM could you please help me to get windows running ? thank you very much ! Andy Bierlair
Re: X Windows Startup
Andy Bierlair wrote i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i can still see the Prompt, but my screen is always changing colors from black to white. i cannot break it. i cannot even start a new session with ALT-F2. it sure shows me my new session, but i cannot type in it. so now i'm very helpless and i don't know what to do now ! I also had the same problem in Debian 1.3.1. so far i could never get X FREE running.. i cannot set up anything on my computer now, because it launches automatically X WINDOWS What's going on: you're running xdm, which automatically re-starts the X server when it dies. This can be very bad indeed if your X server dies right after starting up. xdm starts the X server, X server dies, xdm starts the X server, ... towards infinity. To fix this: you don't want xdm to start up on boot (at least for now), or you'll get the above mentioned problem. If you boot from lilo, at the LILO: prompt (which will come up if you hit ctrl or alt or tab before the kernel loads), type in the image name followed by the word single (w/out quotes). If you don't know the image name, at the LILO: prompt, hit the tab key for a listing. Probably, there will be only one if you're on a new system (and maybe another one for DOS). This will bring up a root shell, and not load most of your programs. Look at the file /etc/X11/xdm/config (I _think_ this is the right file -- I don't have my debian system in front of me now so I'm getting all this from memory). There should be a line in this text file which is something like start-xdm-on-boot. Comment this line out (put any character in front of it, probably a # to make it look like a shell comment). This will stop xdm from loading. Hit ctrl-d to exit the root shell, and your system should continue booting in a normal manner. Ok, you still need to fix the X server problem -- it should not die as soon as you start it. There are multiple reasons why this can happen. Look in the file /var/log/xdm-errors to see why X died. Common reasons: - there are no valid video modes. Make sure your monitor spec's are entered correctly in /etc/X11/XF86Config. - Can't find any fonts. Make sure the font path (in XF86Config) actually point to fonts you have. Make sure the font packages are installed. - I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of them right now. Good luck! John
