[plug] xfree wierdness

[Craig Dyke]

Craig

Just smack me about head and ears ...

Yes I meant twm.

I have attached my xfree log but am unable to see problem except some font
stuff
which i always seem to get.

This log was generated while trying to use gdm.

Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Ringer" <craig at postnewspapers.com.au>
To: "Perth Linux User Group" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] xfree wierdness


> On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 23:12, Craig Dyke wrote:
>
> > If I type startx at prompt .... xdm comes up in great fashion.
>
> If xdm launches when you type `startx` then something is mighty odd. Do
> you mean possibly the icky old 'twm' window manager?
>
> > If on the other hand i try to use gdm or kdm i get the Nvidia splash
> > and then as that disappears i briefly see a watch mouse icon and then
all
> > goes black and the process starts again.
>
> Odd.
>
> > After 6 or so goes I get a message to say that xfree could not be
started.
>
> Check the XFree86 log file (usually /var/log/XFree86* but you didn't say
> what distro or version you're using) and /var/log/messages . Maybe the
> kdm/gdm clients are doing something odd, or maybe they're just
> terminating immediately and causing the X server to restart as a
> consequence.
>
> Have you changed any software recently? What's the context of this
> happening?
>
> Craig Ringer
>
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