[PLUG] xdm works but startx fails

[Randall Hansen]

Thus spoke Derek Loree <drl at drloree.com>
( 18 Aug 2003 15:39:12 -0700 ):

> How are you "exiting" xdm?

Hitting CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE until it stops respawning.

> /etc/init.d/xdm stop

Your way is better. :)

> If that works (you will have an xserver on the F8 console) then xdm
> is trying to respawn, or is not releasing the xserver resources for
> the F7 console.  It should stop running with the command:

It doesn't work, but thanks very much for the suggestion.  I removed
xdm from the startup sequence a week ago to check this very thing, but
it didn't make any difference.  Then I put it back, since that's the
only way it'll work.

r
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