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#! rnews 1570 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.glink.net.hk!uunet!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.free.net!mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru!mgulvt!and From: and@mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru (Andrey A. Perminov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XFree86 install problems Date: 15 May 1995 11:08:51 GMT Organization: Moscow State University of Forestry (Russia) Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3p7co3$re8@mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru> References: <3p2sho$iel@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thomas D. Eudaly (saj@prairienet.org) wrote: : In testing xdm from root after installing, all that : happens is that the screen blinks repeatedly for : awhile then nothing. I exit the program using ^C. : I am running the minimal installation, using the : files: : x311bin.tgz : x311svga.tgz : x311fnts.tgz : x311lib.tgz : x311xdcf.tgz : x311xicf.tgz : which I unpacked on /usr/X11R6. : I think I set umask to 022. I did execute : the command "ldconfig /usr/X11R6/bin" with the rest of the paths as given. Try "ldconfig /usr/X11R6/lib" : I did not run the xdcf or xicf thingies (don't know how: I've used : X-windows, but never succeeded in installing it!). : I did not add an entry to ttys. : When I try to test xdm from root, I get these weird results. : Any help appreciated. TIA : -- -- Andrey A Perminov e-mail: and@mgul.ac.ru System Administrator Moscow State University of Forestry (Russia)