[sclug] Debian X win config document

[Pieter Claassen]

I am sick and tired of hacking X windows to work. Does anybody know if there is a X configuration document (FAQ etc) for Woody that I can read to understand the config options for X under Debian?

I can get it going, but I have the following problems:
1. Sometimes, X installs fine on a machine and I get a graphical login that will not allow me to log in as root.
2. Other times I can startx but with a reboot no luck I get a failure with something like "gdm is not your default window manager???".
3. Debian seems to have S99X files under rc3.d. I thought Linux only started X under runlevel 5? What should my defaul runlevel be under Debian with X?
4. There is a plethora of X documentation (out there) referencing config files that just don't seem to not be on my box. Where do I specify the window manager, the desktop manager etc? What is the difference between kdm, gdm etc? Can I start the KDE on gdm (I get a error in my syslog that says during boot, Xprt_64: Fatal server error: No screens found? But I can startx.


Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pieter
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