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RE: When I want to start xdm
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at xfree dot cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at xfree dot cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: When I want to start xdm
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:53:44 -0400
xdm is not supported on Windows yet.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonas Bolldén [mailto:a01jonbo@student.his.se]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:37 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> Subject: When I want to start xdm
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I use Cygwin/XFree86 on Windows 2000. (256 Mb RAM, Intel
> Celeron) I hope someone could help me with this problem I
> have. I want to start 'xdm'
>
> Jonas Bolldén@ARCHANGEL
> $ xdm
> Only root wants to run xdm
>
> is the response, so I try
>
> Jonas Bolldén@ARCHANGEL
> $ login root
> Password:
>
> I have never defined any password for 'root' so I can't login. Why?
>
> I have tried:
>
> Administrator@ARCHANGEL
> $ login administrator
> Password: **********
>
> Administrator@ARCHANGEL /
> $ xdm
> Only root wants to run xdm
>
> So, is there at default password for 'root', or is there
> another way to do this?
>
> With regards
> /Jonas
>