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Brian Reich wrote:
> 
>     I am having a problem with my new Linux installation. It seems that when
> I turn on my PC and start up linux, it automatically starts up into X and
> prompts me for my name/password. I log in as root, and the screen goes blank
> like it is TRYING to switch video modes, then goes right back to the login
> screen. So i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 and started a normal, non-graphical login.
> This worked FINE. So after that I ran XF86Setup and made sure my video card,
> monitor, and mouse where all installed proberly and then tried again. Still
> no go : ( Any idea why this is happening? If you have an idea please email
> me at breich@sunlink.net.

Hmm... I have no experience with TurboLinux specifically, but what it
sounds like is that XDM isn't starting a window manager or anything, so
your X session is immediately ending and you're getting bumped back to
the login prompt.

Try this: Go to the text-mode login, log in as root. Create a file in
/root called .xsession and put these lines in it:

  xterm &
  exec twm

Save it and try the grahical login (as root) again. With any luck you
should see an xterm window and have the generic window manager loaded.

If this doesn't help try looking for a directory called 'xdm', perhaps
in /etc/X11/xdm or some other location, and look at the file Xsession to
see what it's doing.

Hope this helps...

-- brion vibber (brion@pobox.com)