starting xdm
 

Hi

xdm was starting fine but after I upgraded Debian testing, when I boot now I get the console and not the xdm gray display, I tried to google and read a bit of docs to fix this but my initial tries failed.

fred@debian:~$ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/X11/xdm

debian:/home/fred# dpkg-reconfigure xdm
System startup links for /etc/init.d/xdm already exist.


thanks

does /usr/X11/bin/xdm exist?

What is the output for
apt-cache policy xdm

Also try remove xdm and then try installing again.

Did you upgrade from sarge to etch?

xdm:
Installed: 1:1.0.1-6
Candidate: 1:1.0.1-6
Version table:
*** 1:1.0.1-6 0
500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

after
apt-get remove --purge xdm
apt-get install xdm

xdm:
Installed: 1:1.0.1-6
Candidate: 1:1.0.1-6
Version table:
*** 1:1.0.1-6 0
500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Being root, have you tried running xdm manually?
#xdm

#xdm
#

nohting

Hum what do you mean nothing?
command not found?
You have to do this from text mode console (ctrl/altf1) with X not running.

?

nothing- that is when I exit X and login as root, or reboot into a brand new console and log in as root, and type the command #xdm, I get a new root prompt # with out any output whatsoever "nothing" no error message, not even a new line.
#xdm
#
execpt I hear the box doing somthing for about 1/3 second.


fred@debian:~$ apt-cache policy x11-common
x11-common:
Installed: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6
Candidate: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6
Version table:
*** 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 0
500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
fred@debian:~$

Ok .. interesting :)
let's look at the logs then..

This is bug 365134. The updated xdm has the wrong paths to several executables. I used the documentation in the bug package to manually edit the files and it works for me now.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365134