Re: Login to X Windows System

2000-01-02 Thread aphro
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DRBLON >However when I'm in X and choose the exit option I just get an X-Windows DRBLON >log-in prompt again and the only way of re-booting is then as far as I can If what your trying to do is go to the console, because of the way XDM operates(its l

Re: Login to X Windows System

2000-01-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On 1/1/2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However when I'm in X and choose the exit option I just get an X-Windows log-in prompt again and the only way of re-booting is then as far as I can tell a cold-boot which forces a check of the drive each time which obviously slows things down a tad. I know th

Re: Login to X Windows System

2000-01-01 Thread ktb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My login now gets me in fine and X Windows is working splendidly and I'm very > impressed. Love the xfishtank program :) Perhaps there was something wrong > with what I typed in or maybe it just needed a re-boot to sort itself out. > > one other niggling issue. > > M

Re: Login to X Windows System

2000-01-01 Thread DRBLONUK
My login now gets me in fine and X Windows is working splendidly and I'm very impressed. Love the xfishtank program :) Perhaps there was something wrong with what I typed in or maybe it just needed a re-boot to sort itself out. one other niggling issue. My install now automatically loads the X-

Re: Login to X Windows System

2000-01-01 Thread Kerne Fahey
Still, questions about your hands, which might one day hold *my* Myst book, are unsettling to me: > I have just installed the X Windows system under Debian 2.1 (slink). > Unfortunately the system won't let me past the log-in prompt. I have tried > the details for the root account and also for a us

Re: Login to X Windows System

1999-12-31 Thread aphro
make sure your typing everything right :) make sure caps lock is off etc .. make sure you can login at the console(text mode). If for some reason you can login at the console but not in XDM(X Display manager) you can kill XDM and 'startx' from a prompt. you can remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to prevent

Login to X Windows System

1999-12-31 Thread DRBLONUK
I have just installed the X Windows system under Debian 2.1 (slink). Unfortunately the system won't let me past the log-in prompt. I have tried the details for the root account and also for a user I configured during setup but alas the program keeps telling me it is an incorrect login. Any idea