Re: X display; xdm; wmaker; windowmaker; twm
On Sat, 1 May 1999, Pat Greenwood wrote:
> When I enter ~# xdm nothing appears to happen but when I logout it
> reports that xdm was running. What else do I have to do to configure
> xdm, if anything?
There is a configuration file, /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers which lists the
servers xdm should start or actively connect to. You will need a "local"
entry there (see xdm(8)). Also, you will need to configure the X server
first. The best way to do so at present is to take an existing
configuration from another, possibly similar machine and modify it by
hand.
> When I enter ~# wmaker -display :0 I get this response:
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
> this repeats six times and ends with
> /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: Could not open display :0
Yes, becuse the actual server is not running. If it were, you'd see a b/w
raster background and probably an xdm login screen.
Simon
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