Re: tlug: xdm problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Domenico Carlucci wrote:

> Scott Stone wrote:
> > 
> 
> > 
> > um, from that description, it sounds like it's working fine.  xdm needs to
> > be run OUTSIDE of X.
> 
> Yes, but I've been told that I'm supposed to see a window 
> popping up outside of X. In that case, I should change 
> the file /etc/inittab. Instead, I'm asked for a simple 
> non graphical login...

well, xdm starts (usually) in runlevel 5 if you're using TL or RH.  On
Slackware, I'm not sure how they've got it set up.  Look at /etc/inittab.
Basically xdm runs outside of X.  xdm starts X and puts up a login window.
Then you login and your .xinitrc gets loaded and run (ie, all your startup
apps, window manager, etc).  When you shut down the X session in your wm,
it should go back to xdm, assuming that init is respawning it.

Does 'startx' work on your system?

> Am I wrong?
> 
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> 
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