Hm. xdm. OK, enter your username normally, then the password and then DO NOT hit Return. Hit F1 instead. This should start an X session with just an xterm in it.

From that xterm, invoke xmonad and see what it says.

Kai On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:33:26PM +0300, Alexander Solovyov wrote:

Hi,

I hope you can help me. I've compiled xmonad step by step as written in manual, but it does not start - after logging in xdm my screen just blink several times (like X restarting - and it restarts, according to log) and shows starting screen again.

My distro is ALT Linux (I think this does not matter ;)), GHC 6.6.1, all libraries was installed by distro except X11-extras (which I have installed in my home, just like xmonad itself).

Maybe I can provide some more precise information? Just say what I need to tell.

Thanks in advance! Hope I'll have possibility to enjoy this great wm. :)

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