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From: jsw@xhead.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: more PS/2 xdm problems
Keywords: PS/2 AIX X11R4 xdm
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Date: 4 May 90 05:00:59 GMT
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In article <1990May3.143220.2743@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>,
johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu (Amy Johnson) writes:

> Hi.  Thanks to those who responded to my authorization problem.  But
xdm still
> has problems getting the X server started.  I've tried many combinations of 
> Xservers and xdm-config but always get the message: Cannot open /dev/tty
> to query
> device id.  Has anyone else run across this problem??? 

  If you don't start the ps/2 X server with a controlling tty you need to
give it a flag to tell it what type of display you have.  So, you should
try one of the following, depending on what type of display you have:

	Xibm -vga
	Xibm -8514

	--Jeff

Jeff Weinstein - X Protocol Police
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Entry Systems Division, Window Systems
jsw@xhead.esd.sgi.com
Any opinions expressed above are mine, not sgi's.