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: no xdm on startup

2000-08-08 Thread Suresh Kumar.R
Hi, Could you please say, which faq you are referring to? With thanks, Suresh - Suresh Kumar.R Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Electronics Communication College of Engineering, Trivandrum - 695 016 INDIA

no xdm on startup

2000-08-07 Thread suresh kumar
HI, How to configure a slink/potato so that xdm *DO NOT* start on bootup. I want them to start only on startx. Any ideas? Suresh = Suresh Kumar.R Dept of Electronics Communication College of Engineering Trivandrum, INDIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: no xdm on startup

2000-08-07 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, suresh kumar wrote: How to configure a slink/potato so that xdm *DO NOT* start on bootup. I want them to start only on startx. 'update-rc.d -f xdm remove' HTH, noah ___ | Web:

Re: no xdm on startup

2000-08-07 Thread Frodo Baggins
Noah L. Meyerhans scripsit: On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, suresh kumar wrote: How to configure a slink/potato so that xdm *DO NOT* start on bootup. I want them to start only on startx. 'update-rc.d -f xdm remove' This sould be on the FAQs :))) -- Leo TheHobbit ICQ 56656060 -BEGIN GEEK CODE

Re: no xdm on startup

2000-08-07 Thread John Carline
suresh kumar wrote: HI, How to configure a slink/potato so that xdm *DO NOT* start on bootup. I want them to start only on startx. Any ideas? If I understand you correctly and you want to get rid of xdm, my favorite is: dpkg --purge xdm (or gdm etc.) (assuming that you're a stand-alone

xdm at startup?

1998-11-30 Thread Matt Garman
I installed xdm on my system. Everything is fine, but at install-time I chose to *NOT* have it start at boot-time. Now I wish to have it invoked automatically at startup. What do I need to do? Also, is there a way to change the default xdm background (i.e. the login screen)? The greyish

Re: xdm at startup?

1998-11-30 Thread Robert Rati
Edit your /etc/X11/config file and change the no-start-xdm to start-xdm. On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Matt Garman wrote: I installed xdm on my system. Everything is fine, but at install-time I chose to *NOT* have it start at boot-time. Now I wish to have it invoked automatically at startup. What

Re: xdm at startup?

1998-11-30 Thread Martin Waller
And to change the default xdm background, install Xbanner. Martin Subject: Re: xdm at startup? Edit your /etc/X11/config file and change the no-start-xdm to start-xdm. On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Matt Garman wrote: I installed xdm on my system. Everything is fine, but at install-time I

Re: xdm at startup?

1998-11-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Martin Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to change the default xdm background, install Xbanner. Not neccessarilly. If you only want a simple background (e.g. a solid bacground in any color) you only need to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession_0 to include a call to xsetroot. peloy.-

Re: xdm at startup?

1998-11-30 Thread M.C. Vernon
On 30 Nov 1998, Eloy A. Paris wrote: Martin Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to change the default xdm background, install Xbanner. Not neccessarilly. If you only want a simple background (e.g. a solid bacground in any color) you only need to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession_0 to include a