Re: XDM configuration

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hi,
> 
> 
> I've been using backstreet ruby for a while now, and it works
> great for me, and also the new 2.6 patch works better than
> anything I've tried before.
> 
> I've got 2 X sessions working fine in parallel using different
> layouts in XF86config. I start them using "startx -- :<screen> -layout
> <name>"
> and that works fine.
> 
> However, since all this is working properly for some time now,
> I would really like to get the xdm sessions to work, but I'm still
> experiencing problems with that.
> 
> I have the following content in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
> (and the same in the kdm config)
> 
> # $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
> #
> # Xservers file, workstation prototype
> #
> # This file should contain an entry to start the server on the
> # local display; if you have more than one display (not screen),
> # you can add entries to the list (one per line).  If you also
> # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP,
> # you can add them here as well.  Each X terminal line should
> # look like:
> #       XTerminalName:0 foreign
> #
> #:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout head1 vt7
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout head2 vt17

have you tried ? :
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 :0 -layout head1 vt7
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 :1 -layout head2 vt17

does it work with kdm ?

anything in the log files ( kdm/xdm/XFree )

> However, when I start xdm, what happens is that X is started
> on the second screen, but no login prompt appears. I think the
> problem is xdm related, since if I remove the :1 line, it starts
> on the first screen, and the login prompt does appear.

may be send me a tar of /etc/X11/xdm & kdm config file

 
> Does anyone here have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
> (I'm using the Gentoo distribution available at www.gentoo.org)

never played with it :(
but i already play with too much :( :-)
(using mandrake, plaing with redhat, debian, suse)

best,

svetljo

PS.
gdm is the preffered display manager :-)

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