Re: tlug: xdm problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Domenico Carlucci wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Hi Scott, 
> 
> I use linux Suse 5.1 and a guy form SuSe support told me to 
> do the following thing:
> 
> 
>  id:2:initdefault:
>  just change the "2" to a "3"...but(!!):
>  make sure you are able to start X and the XDM!...
> 
> 
> 
> > Does 'startx' work on your system?
> 
> "Startx" works fine, but not xdm! So, I do not know what to do.

what happens if you just run 'xdm' from the shell?

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