xdm delays

2001-01-31 Thread MaD dUCK
hey, when i log in through xdm, i am presented with a precisely 60 second long delay before the first line of my .xsession is executed. in fact, using root privileges to modify the xdm files, i found out that /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 (which calls /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup) is executed and finishes

login widget / xdm -> wmaker delay

2001-01-28 Thread MaD dUCK
hi, i start xdm as the last init script in runlevel 3 and i am presented with the login widget. first of all, is there a way to change this? i love the simple one debian provide, but on my 1024x768 screen, it fills up more than half - and i'd much rather have it be really small for optical re

Re: Still need help and Sorry to Kmself (xdm problems)

2001-01-23 Thread Jim McCloskey
|> okay to answer your questions, first xdm starts up upon booting. I |> get a login screen with spaces for user name and password. I can |> type in the information and the computer appears to accept the |> information, goes black for a second or two as though it's about to |>

Post linux 2.4.0 xdm problems

2001-01-16 Thread Michael Madden
After upgrading to linux 2.4.0, I've noticed xdm is noticeably slower. For example, after the xdm screen, it takes almost exactly 1 minute to start WindowMaker. It used to almost immediate when I was running 2.2.18. I am using a Matrox G400 with 32 MB RAM. Other than the slow login, Window

Re: what exactly is xdm and xfs??

2001-01-16 Thread David Z. Maze
Graham Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GH> xdm is the X desktop manager. It is used if you want to login from X GH> directly on start-up. This is not needed; you can start the machine, log in GH> to a console, then run startx to get X going. GH> GH> xfs is the X Font S

Re: what exactly is xdm and xfs??

2001-01-16 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Xucaen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # about 2 weeks ago, I installed debian 2.2r2. # During the package install phase, I checked off # the X packages (simple menu). Along with all the # X packages, xdm and xfs were also installed. # Naturally I assumed that xdm and xfs were # necessary part

RE: what exactly is xdm and xfs??

2001-01-16 Thread Graham Hill
xdm is the X desktop manager. It is used if you want to login from X directly on start-up. This is not needed; you can start the machine, log in to a console, then run startx to get X going. xfs is the X Font Server; it is a way of providing fonts to X applications. You can however have X

what exactly is xdm and xfs??

2001-01-16 Thread Xucaen
Hi all.. about 2 weeks ago, I installed debian 2.2r2. During the package install phase, I checked off the X packages (simple menu). Along with all the X packages, xdm and xfs were also installed. Naturally I assumed that xdm and xfs were necessary parts of X. However, this weekend I installed the

Re: XDM background

2001-01-09 Thread Diego Biurrun
David Purton wrote: > > > I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the > > grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner > > but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some backgrounds > > for

Re: XDM background

2001-01-09 Thread Benjamin Black
COLPAERT, Koen wrote: I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some backgrounds for XDM at http://x.themes.org . I took a n

Re: XDM background

2001-01-08 Thread David Purton
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, COLPAERT, Koen wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the > grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner > but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some back

XDM background

2001-01-08 Thread COLPAERT, Koen
Hi, I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some backgrounds for XDM at http://x.themes.org . I took a nice Debian backgro

Re: xdm doesn't start

2001-01-07 Thread Benjamin Black
Cameron Matheson wrote: I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says "starting x display manger: xdm", but it never does. Anyone know why? (i'm running potato w/ x4) you might try having a look at /var/log/xdm.log to see why it's failing (if it is faili

Re: xdm doesn't start

2001-01-07 Thread iehrenwald
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote: > I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says "starting x display manger: > xdm", but it never does. Anyone know why? > (i'm running potato w/ x4) Maybe it started but didn't switch vts for you? Try alt-F7?

xdm doesn't start

2001-01-07 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey,   I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up.  It says "starting x display manger: xdm", but it never does.  Anyone know why? (i'm running potato w/ x4)   Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Re: XDM startup screen

2001-01-05 Thread Francisco M. Neto
» N. Raghavendra disse isso e eu digo aquilo: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:33:25PM +0100, Koen Colpaert wrote: > > > After some experimenting with Suse, Slackware and Mandrake I > > turned to Debian. After installing and configuring X I was > > presented with a grey xdm-

Re: XDM startup screen

2001-01-05 Thread N. Raghavendra
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:33:25PM +0100, Koen Colpaert wrote: > After some experimenting with Suse, Slackware and Mandrake I > turned to Debian. After installing and configuring X I was > presented with a grey xdm-display as a loginscreen. I was > wondering if there aren't any

Re: XDM startup screen

2001-01-04 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Koen Colpaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # After some experimenting with Suse, Slackware and Mandrake I turned to # Debian. After installing and configuring X I was presented with a grey # xdm-display as a loginscreen. I was wondering if there aren't any better # background images av

Re: XDM startup screen

2001-01-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
xbanner Koen Colpaert wrote: > > Howdy, > > After some experimenting with Suse, Slackware and Mandrake I turned to > Debian. After installing and configuring X I was presented with a grey > xdm-display as a loginscreen. I was wondering if there aren't any better > b

XDM startup screen

2001-01-04 Thread Koen Colpaert
Howdy, After some experimenting with Suse, Slackware and Mandrake I turned to Debian. After installing and configuring X I was presented with a grey xdm-display as a loginscreen. I was wondering if there aren't any better background images available and where can I find them. TIA Koen --- O

Re: xdm error (pid 257): server unexpectedly died Help please

2000-12-22 Thread Erik Steffl
sSocketUNIX COnnecty: Can't connect: errno - 111 > > giving up > > xinit: Connection refused > > xinit: No such procerss (errno 3): Server error > > > > When I look at xdm log, I find error in subject line. I'm a newbie and > would > > appreci

Re: xdm error (pid 257): server unexpectedly died Help please

2000-12-22 Thread DTi4565459
> xinit: Connection refused > xinit: No such procerss (errno 3): Server error > > When I look at xdm log, I find error in subject line. I'm a newbie and would > appreciate some clues. TIA, try to run X itself and see if you get any error, run either startx

Re: xdm error (pid 257): server unexpectedly died Help please

2000-12-21 Thread Erik Steffl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I try to startx, I get error message: > > X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/SF86_S3 failed > _X11TransSocketUNIX COnnecty: Can't connect: errno - 111 > giving up > xinit: Connection refused > xinit: No such procerss (errno 3): Server error &

xdm error (pid 257): server unexpectedly died Help please

2000-12-21 Thread DTi4565459
When I try to startx, I get error message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/SF86_S3 failed _X11TransSocketUNIX COnnecty: Can't connect: errno - 111 giving up xinit: Connection refused xinit: No such procerss (errno 3): Server error When I look at xdm log, I find error in subject line. I'm a

xdm USB error

2000-12-20 Thread Isao Nagamori
memory : 192MB pmac-generation : NewWorld kyon3:/proc# The xdm runs when that system boots. After my login, the pointer (arrow of USB mouse) does not work well. The Pointer Describe lines in /etc/X11/XF86Config is as follows

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-12-17 Thread kmself
on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:38:05AM -0800, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. > > > > > If no one knows why, then I am going to fire up a bug r

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-12-16 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Freitag, 15. Dezember 2000 18:38 schrieb Erik Steffl: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. > > > > > > If no one knows why, then I am going to fire up a bug report against > > > i

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-12-15 Thread Erik Steffl
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Erik, > > Not sure if this will help at all, but if you are running kde, there may > be a problem with xdm as window manager - I didn't read long on it, but > kde is a "session-manager" and therefore requires I guess kdm to run

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-12-15 Thread Erik Steffl
Joey Hess wrote: > > Shao Zhang wrote: > > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. > > > If no one knows why, then I am going to fire up a bug report against it. > > I've already tracked down this bug and filed a report, so please don'

Re: HT get around xdm

2000-12-14 Thread Kent West
when I rebooted, I got xdm, which I'd previously removed (I don't like xdm much). Then, once I'd logged into X, the mouse pointer was somewhere between erratic and frozen: a couple of times I got a menu to pop up or some motion, but otherwise nada. In essence I'm wondering i

HT get around xdm

2000-12-14 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, This is a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone had tried the package yh, which is a Chinese-language console package. I installed it last night, couldn't *quite* make my way around ... and when I exited, my display went black. Nothing, nothing, nothing ... and when I rebooted, I go

Re: XDM and Variable X Server Configurations?

2000-12-12 Thread Carel Fellinger
may be a > bit much, especially as they are familiar with XDM and etc, but not the > command line stuff. I've a similar problem at home, my kids sometimes creep on my machine when I'm away but still have things running in X. What I did was added this to their ~/.bash_profile: if

Re: XDM and Variable X Server Configurations?

2000-12-12 Thread John Stevens
vities may be a bit much, especially as they are familiar with XDM and etc, but not the command line stuff. > or modify xdm config to start two X servers - one with your regular > settings, the other one for 3D stuff > > there are probably some other ways as well. > > most of th

Re: XDM and Variable X Server Configurations?

2000-12-12 Thread Erik Steffl
I'd suggest either use 16 bpp all the time or simply switch to virtual console, run startx -- -bpp 16 and use this second X server for GL stuff or modify xdm config to start two X servers - one with your regular settings, the other one for 3D stuff there are probably some other wa

XDM and Variable X Server Configurations?

2000-12-12 Thread John Stevens
accelerated 3D, I have to logon as root, modify my xdm/Xservers file to set the -bpp 16 parameter, ctrl+alt+del on the xdm screen to restart, logon, then ctrl+alt+Numeric+ to get to a 640x480 resolution to be able to use the acceleration. My question: is there any way to set up xdm so that it gives me a

xdm questions; Startup?

2000-12-09 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; And got the KDE desktop. But I needed to edit the startup files for higher resolution, and now I have xdm running, but no desktop (=Command line). How do I get back to KDE? And/or, where is the desktop selected? If I am on a windowed desktop, I presume that

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
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Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Jim Kroger
At 4:32 PM -0700 12/8/00, Hubert Chan wrote: >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gregory> I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose Gregory> only a low resolution. Gregory> Now I

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Jim Kroger
At 2:53 PM -0800 12/8/00, Erik Steffl wrote: if you are using X 4.X note that it uses /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, if such a file exists. erik Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose only a > low resolution. > > N

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:29:53PM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose only a > low resolution. > > Now I edited the XF86COnfig file, added higher resolutions, but it still > always starts at low resolution. In &

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Hubert Chan
>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gregory> I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose Gregory> only a low resolution. Gregory> Now I edited the XF86COnfig file, added higher resolutions, bu

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Erik Steffl
if you are using X 4.X note that it uses /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, if such a file exists. erik Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose only a > low resolution. > > Now I edited the XF86COnfig file, added higher reso

xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I installed xdm, via XF86Setup; but due to setup problems, choose only a low resolution. Now I edited the XF86COnfig file, added higher resolutions, but it still always starts at low resolution. Also, the files there are very shallow, out of date, e.g. there are only 2-3 Trident files in

Re: newbie XDM question

2000-12-06 Thread Marcin Landowski
erM > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to ServerM > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to ServerM > /usr/bin/X11/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display ":0" > - [...] You can take a look inside

newbie XDM question

2000-12-05 Thread sc
I set up X on my ThinkPad T20, and although X works fine after some tweaking, I'm having troubles with xdm. The xlogin comes up after my laptop has booted, but I can't get past the login phase. When I enter the correct userID and password, the screen flickers, freezes briefly

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-29 Thread Andreas Nowack
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Shao Zhang wrote: > Sven Garbade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I´ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only > > xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the > > system has bootet. It´s possiblke to lo

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-29 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, This is a known bug and has already been reported. Shao. Sven Garbade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I´ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only > xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the > system has bootet. It

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-29 Thread Sven Garbade
Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:07:03AM -0500, Scott Patterson wrote: > > > > > > > > >I=B4ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only > > >xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the &

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-28 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:07:03AM -0500, Scott Patterson wrote: > > > > >I=B4ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only > >xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the > >system has bootet. It=B4s possiblke to login

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-28 Thread Scott Patterson
>I=B4ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only >xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the >system has bootet. It=B4s possiblke to login to a console, and suddenly >xdm awakes. Any ideas? > >Regards, Sven I had/have the same

XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

2000-11-28 Thread Sven Garbade
Hi all, I´ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the system has bootet. It´s possiblke to login to a console, and suddenly xdm awakes. Any ideas? Regards, Sven

Re: $DISPLAY and xdm

2000-11-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
im not sure if it makes a difference but i always set the DISPLAY enviornment to :0.0 not just :0 also try setting the enviornment to localhost:0.0 instead of orca:0.0 it may be a resolver issue. nate On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Karsten Bolding wrote: karste >As user kbk - logged in via xdm - on o

Re: $DISPLAY and xdm

2000-11-16 Thread David Z. Maze
Karsten Bolding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KB> As user kbk - logged in via xdm - on orca. KB> xhost + KB> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host You realize that this is a Really Bad Idea (TM), right? KB> As user lene (also on orca) KB> setenv DISPLA

$DISPLAY and xdm

2000-11-16 Thread Karsten Bolding
As user kbk - logged in via xdm - on orca. xhost + access control disabled, clients can connect from any host As user lene (also on orca) setenv DISPLAY orca:0 xterm xterm Xt error: Can't open display: orca:0 Karsten -- *** Karsten Bo

xdm not getting/giving authority for X to allow login

2000-11-13 Thread CaT
Hey there folks. I've recently installed my nice debian system on my notebook and all is well... except that I can't use xdm. I can start it, get the login window and can type in my username and password. I hit return and login window vanishes, the display changes slighty and then

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-09 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 05:20:06PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > I have tried > > #!/bin/bash --login > > and > > #!/bin/bash -login > > in .xsession and neither works. that solved it for me when i put it in the global /etc/X11/Xsession, maybe it won't work for a .xsession... > I have al

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-09 Thread Thomas Halahan
I have tried #!/bin/bash --login and #!/bin/bash -login in .xsession and neither works. I have also tried just "/bin/bash --login" in the saem file to no avail? I don't know why. Tom On 07 11:45 pm, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0600, Denis Kosygin wrote:

Re: Can't login via xdm

2000-11-09 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Karl Philipp wrote: > > Hi, > > I updated several packages regarding to X Windows, enlightenment > and GNOME. > > Now, I can't login via xdm. > > You can read in the file ~/.xsession-errors > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >

Can't login via xdm

2000-11-08 Thread Karl Philipp
Hi, I updated several packages regarding to X Windows, enlightenment and GNOME. Now, I can't login via xdm. You can read in the file ~/.xsession-errors Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xrdb: Can't open d

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0600, Denis Kosygin wrote: > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > > I tried to put > > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should=

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Marcelo Ramos
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Dear deb-users, > > I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from > xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a > login shell. However with debi

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Denis Kosygin
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should=20 > > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? >

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > Thanks Ethan, > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? im not sure that trick wor

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Thomas Halahan
Thanks Ethan, I tried to put > #! /bin/bash --login as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? however the following > if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then > eval env "$(cat /etc/environment)" > fi wo

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Dear deb-users, > > I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from > xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a > login shell. However with debi

xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Thomas Halahan
Dear deb-users, I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequently none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Shao Zhang wrote: > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. > If no one knows why, then I am going to fire up a bug report against it. I've already tracked down this bug and filed a report, so please don't bother. -- see shy jo

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-11-06 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
"Andre" == Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andre> I'm not sure if it will help you, but check your Andre> /etc/X11/Xresources/* files, and your ~/.Xresources. If you Andre> have something very long like a complete netscape language Andre> localization in it, xrdb -merge can take a very lo

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-11-06 Thread Andre Berger
ow machines. -- Andre > Me too! > > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. > These are the last few lines in my xdm.log: > > (==) ATI(0): Backing store disabled > (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "PS/2" > (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer > (==) Mouse0: Buttons:

xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-11-06 Thread Shao Zhang
Me too! xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start. These are the last few lines in my xdm.log: (==) ATI(0): Backing store disabled (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer (==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3 (II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legac

Re: xdm-config problems

2000-10-30 Thread Manuel Hendel
; From: "Eric G . Miller" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: xdm-config problems > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mail-Followup-To: "Eric G . Miller" , > debian-user@lists.debian.org > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime

Re: xdm-config problems

2000-10-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 10:54:40PM +0100, Manuel Hendel wrote: > Hallo, > > I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer, > the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or > color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values

xdm-config problems

2000-10-29 Thread Manuel Hendel
Hallo, I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer, the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values in the Xresources file in the /etc/X11/xdm directory, as well as in the /etc/X11 dire

Re: xdm

2000-10-16 Thread Ray Percival
apt-get remove xdm should do the job. -- Original Message -- From: Eileen Orbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:40:17 -0400 >Hi, > >How do I stop debian booting into xwindows? I stupidly must have set it to >that. >

Re: xdm

2000-10-16 Thread Martin Fluch
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Hi, > > How do I stop debian booting into xwindows? I stupidly must have set it to > that. > > Thanks If you don't like xdm at all, then remove the xdm package by issuing dpkg --purge xdm if you just dont want to be s

xdm

2000-10-16 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi, How do I stop debian booting into xwindows? I stupidly must have set it to that. Thanks Eileen Orbell Software & Internet Applications Capitol College mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't Fear the Penguin.

Re: xdm

2000-10-14 Thread root
boot to command prompt > instead? > > Thanks again.. > Hello , A command called update-rc.d can be used to install or remove System-V style init script links. Now if type the following at the command line interface you will stop the star

Re: xdm

2000-10-14 Thread kmself
I re-configure it to boot to command prompt > instead? You don't want to run an XDM login session? To disable xdm for the current system boot: $ /etc/init.d/rc.d/xdm stop To disable xdm startups for *all* system boots: $ /usr/bin/update-rc.d -f xdm remove To allow *remote*

Re: xdm

2000-10-14 Thread Ray Percival
apt-get remove xdm will work and you should not lose anything at least I have not noticed. -- Original Message -- From: Eileen Orbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:13:07 -0400 >Hi, > >I have been trying to configure XF86 s

Re: xdm

2000-10-14 Thread Gerald
Hi! I guess editing the /etc/rc.d -directory and removing the link to the xdm service (probably S99xdm -> ../init.d/xdm) will do the trick. The default runlevel can be found in /etc/inittab: --- cut # The default runlevel. id:4:initdefault: --- cut hope it works ;) bye! Ger

xdm

2000-10-14 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi, I have been trying to configure XF86 setup. Some how I screwed up and now debian boots into xwindows which would not be such a big deal but it locks up. I can telnet in but how do I re-configure it to boot to command prompt instead? Thanks again.. Eileen Orbell Software & Internet A

disabling xdm (was Re: debian -newcomerII)

2000-10-13 Thread kmself
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:44:36PM +0200, guran remberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > That is just now my primary problem: How the hell do I stop it from > making a graphic install. When I bail out from Xwindow, I am thrown > right into, what I think is xdm. I have tried to elliminate

Re: Xcdroast, Xdm, Afterstep

2000-10-08 Thread Igor Mozetic
pport is present in the kernel image, both cdrs are atapi, (ACER > 36-x max and HP7200). I have an IDE CDROM and a SCSI CDwriter. In order for Xcdroast to use IDECD, I disabled IDECD support in the kernel and instead used: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set > Xdm:

Help needed: Xcdroast, Xdm, Afterstep

2000-10-07 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
image, both cdrs are atapi, (ACER 36-x max and HP7200). Xdm: What happened to the color console?, when I start the system the log in window comes gray. Afterstep: When I change the windows manager from icewm to afterstep it just puts me back to the login window, and doesn't get any afterst

Re: can xdm aquire a TGT on login?

2000-10-05 Thread Martin Maciaszek
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:03:19PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 07:40:54PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:22:44AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:14:03PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > > >

Re: can xdm aquire a TGT on login?

2000-10-04 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 07:40:54PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:22:44AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:14:03PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > > > I want to make xdm get a TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) from the > &g

Re: can xdm aquire a TGT on login?

2000-10-04 Thread Martin Maciaszek
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:22:44AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:14:03PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > > I want to make xdm get a TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) from the > > server. Right now I always have to run kinit and enter my > > username and p

Re: can xdm aquire a TGT on login?

2000-10-04 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:14:03PM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > I want to make xdm get a TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) from the > server. Right now I always have to run kinit and enter my > username and password, which is the same as the local username > and password. I'm tir

can xdm aquire a TGT on login?

2000-10-04 Thread Martin Maciaszek
I want to make xdm get a TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) from the server. Right now I always have to run kinit and enter my username and password, which is the same as the local username and password. I'm tired of entering my username and password twice. Any hints? Regards Martin -- Overfl

Re: newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread Nate Amsden
there are other ways but the way i do it is rm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm next time u reboot xdm will not load. nate Ray Percival wrote: > > I also would like to know how to make it boot to a console instead of xdm. I > know I can switch to a console but like, RH, is there anywhy to boot

RE: newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread Ray Percival
I also would like to know how to make it boot to a console instead of xdm. I know I can switch to a console but like, RH, is there anywhy to boot straight to a console? -- Original Message -- From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PR

Re: newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread cls-colo spgs
mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/dont_use_S99xdm hth. bentley taylor. // Trevor Ramoutar wrote: > I actually got Debian installed! Woohoo!!! However, how do I disable > xdm so that I can log in from the console? Also I seem to be using > WindowMaker, how do I switch to Gnome(which

Re: newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 09:15:22PM -0700, Trevor Ramoutar wrote: > I actually got Debian installed! Woohoo!!! However, how do I disable > xdm so that I can log in from the console? Also I seem to be using > WindowMaker, how do I switch to Gnome(which I'm sure I installed. . .)

RE: newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 04-Oct-2000 Trevor Ramoutar wrote: > I actually got Debian installed! Woohoo!!! However, how do I disable > xdm so that I can log in from the console? Also I seem to be using > WindowMaker, how do I switch to Gnome(which I'm sure I installed. . .). > control-alt-F[1

newbie xdm and gnome problems

2000-10-03 Thread Trevor Ramoutar
I actually got Debian installed! Woohoo!!! However, how do I disable xdm so that I can log in from the console? Also I seem to be using WindowMaker, how do I switch to Gnome(which I'm sure I installed. . .). Thanks in advance. Trev

RE: XDM question

2000-10-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 04-Oct-2000 The Techgod wrote: > I have XF86 3.3.6, Gnome, with windowmaker as my windowmanager. The XDM > starts at boot. My question is ..How do I customize the look of XDM?( > like a custom background for the logon screen). Or better, is there a > better program than

XDM question

2000-10-03 Thread The Techgod
I have XF86 3.3.6, Gnome, with windowmaker as my windowmanager. The XDM starts at boot. My question is ..How do I customize the look of XDM?( like a custom background for the logon screen). Or better, is there a better program than XDM for the graphical login. Like maybe one that has a menu to

xdm problems

2000-10-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Well, I upgraded enlightenment, and then at the xdm prompt, it refused to let me in. I rebooted into single-user mode (I had to hit the reset button!!), removed the xdm symlink for runlevel 2 and booted again (considering that it let me login as root in single-user mode...). Let me in fine. So

Re: setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

2000-10-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 01:09:40AM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > > Ahh, you are right, that solves the xdm problem. ulimit -v is what I > wanted. I missed this because I use tcsh which doesn't seem to have > an analog of this limit using its built-in limit command. Is there

Re: setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

2000-10-03 Thread Dan Christensen
d the line > > > > sessionrequired pam_limits.so > > > > in /etc/pam.d/login so that this is read. When I log in using > > a virtual terminal this works perfectly, but these settings are > > ignored by both ssh and xdm logins. > > > > Moreover, the

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