I just installed XFree86 3.3.5 off the FTP site, apparently with no problems, just did rpm -Uvh *.rpm on the needed packages, and then ran SuSEconfig. When I tried to run x again using "startx" all I got was an infinitely scrolling line of "Password:". Anyone have any idea what this means, or what can be done about it. Is there another way I should go about installing new versions of X, should I use yast instead, etc? Thanks for your time, Rob -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I also just finished installing 3.3.5 and had the same results. Prior to installing, I used yast to set DISPLAYMANAGER to console and rebooted. Startx scrolls indefintely asking for a Password. I set the DISPLAYMANAGER back to kdm and rebooted. X Windows is now okay. I updated three other boxes by rebooting to console, upgrading, and rebooting without changing DISPLAYMANGER and they upgraded okay. Still not sure what happened, but they are all working. Rob VF wrote:
I just installed XFree86 3.3.5 off the FTP site, apparently with no problems, just did rpm -Uvh *.rpm on the needed packages, and then ran SuSEconfig. When I tried to run x again using "startx" all I got was an infinitely scrolling line of "Password:".
Anyone have any idea what this means, or what can be done about it. Is there another way I should go about installing new versions of X, should I use yast instead, etc?
Thanks for your time, Rob
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Thanks for the tip. I had switched my displaymanager to kdm and all worked fine. Alas, after that I tried switching back to console and manually starting X, same infinite password prompt. I have a feeling that if I install it with YaST I might not have these problems, but it seems obstinate in not permitting me to do so. I have tried connecting to the ftp site via YaST using ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.5-SuSE/suse62/ as the server directory. YaST then proceeds to look for a /suse subdirectory, a /CD1/suse subdir, and a /cd1/suse subdir, of which none are there, so it tells me my settings are faulty and they cannot be saved. So, I give up on that, and try to set my installation medium to a reachable directory, I first tried putting all the X rpm's in /root/updates... YaST can't find the installation directory... it's there... so then I try using /updates, which is also there and containing the rpm's and YaST still can't find it..... **pulling hair out** Anyone else have this problem, and if so is there a workaround/fix/whatever? TIA On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, John Kutil wrote:
I also just finished installing 3.3.5 and had the same results. Prior to installing, I used yast to set DISPLAYMANAGER to console and rebooted. Startx scrolls indefintely asking for a Password.
I set the DISPLAYMANAGER back to kdm and rebooted. X Windows is now okay.
I updated three other boxes by rebooting to console, upgrading, and rebooting without changing DISPLAYMANGER and they upgraded okay.
Still not sure what happened, but they are all working.
Rob VF wrote:
I just installed XFree86 3.3.5 off the FTP site, apparently with no problems, just did rpm -Uvh *.rpm on the needed packages, and then ran SuSEconfig. When I tried to run x again using "startx" all I got was an infinitely scrolling line of "Password:".
Anyone have any idea what this means, or what can be done about it. Is there another way I should go about installing new versions of X, should I use yast instead, etc?
Thanks for your time, Rob
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Hi All & Rob V whom wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I had switched my displaymanager to kdm and all worked fine. Alas, after that I tried switching back to console and manually starting X, same infinite password prompt. I have a feeling that if I install it with YaST I might not have these problems, but it seems obstinate in not permitting me to do so. I have tried connecting to the ftp site via YaST using ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.5-SuSE/suse62/ as the server directory. YaST then proceeds to look for a /suse subdirectory, a /CD1/suse subdir, and a /cd1/suse subdir, of which none are there, so it tells me my settings are faulty and they cannot be saved. So, I give up on that, and try to set my installation medium to a reachable directory, I first tried putting all the X rpm's in /root/updates... YaST can't find the installation directory... it's there... so then I try using /updates, which is also there and containing the rpm's and YaST still can't find it..... **pulling hair out**
Anyone else have this problem, and if so is there a workaround/fix/whatever?
TIA
Yuk.... What about an alternative strategy to those rpm's? "Use the source luke." (With apologies to Star Wars fans....) I downloaded the binary .tgz from a handy mirror site, viz ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/XFree86/ There will be one nearer you (unless this is the nearest), check out the mirror list @ this site. Read the instructions & then downloaded a few more files that were not in the 3.3.5 directory & then it went rather smoothly I must say! Dunno about all this alternative window manager stuff! I am on KDE 1.1.2pre1 & that is stable enough & my desktop is very Mac-ish now.... I've gone off icons, so there are none on my desktop. Good luck & keep asking. Greek Geek :-) Old MacDonald had an agricultural real estate tax abatement. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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