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Subject: Re: Where are the Xorg config files ?
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Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> writes:

> 
> 		Strangr things: xdm eventually brings up
> 		the gray stippled bg with the "X" cursor;
> 		then the CRT clicks, screen goes black,
> 		and after several seconds it retries.
> 
> 		Seems to be in an infinite loop.  Not even
> 		<ctl><alt><Fn> gets me to an alt vtty 
> 		long enough to log in and shutdown.  I've
> 		had to power down to get out.  Both 
> 		xorgcfg and xorgconfig have the same 
> 		results.  

Sounds more like your user doesn't have a working .xsession file...