From: rafal@utstat.uucp (Rafal Kustra (summer student)) Subject: Re: [Q] xdm on SLS 098 doesn't work, startx does! Why? Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 05:13:39 GMT
In article <coizi01.720209558@convex> coizi01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (N. Zimmermann) writes:
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>Hi Linuxers,
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>I have installed Linux on my 486 DX and ET4000 sucessfully.
>Just a few deltails won't fit in my SLS 098 distribution:
>X works well when started from "startx", it hangs, when started
>with xdm in rc. The startup screen appears, the login window
>comes up, but no keyboard input is possible, just bell rings
>when hitting any keys and I have to press CTRL ALT DEL!
Ok, I had problems with xdm under Xfree86, although it
worked under x11v1.1. First of all, it seems, that you
have getty going. You have to comment out all getty's on
virtual consoles in /etc/inittab (all the ones on tty#).
Then in rc, on the last line put:
echo starting xdm ...
/bin/doshell /dev/tty1 /usr/X386/bin/xdm
Make sure you have working doshell, get one from tsx-11,
and compile it.
Also, obviously, you must have /dev/console linked to
/dev/tty0, and should not have xconsole starting up
(check xdm config files in /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm. One of
them may be starting one.).
And also, make sure you have some boot- and root-disk, to
boot your system, if something goes wrong.
Good luck ...
Rafal
>I've recompiled the kernel with German Keyboard Settings but
>the caveeat is: The new key settings don't work with X! What can
>I do? Please help. Also the ps and top Utilities don't work with
>the new Kernel. (Of course I've done ps -U)
>
>Norbert Zimmermann
>Institute of Organic Chemistry,
>University of Tuebingen
>Germany
>
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