[gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

[Mark Knecht]

Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a
Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so
I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The  drivers
get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log
file.

I haven't messed with X at this level before. What's the minimum test
of X that would display a terminal or something very basic?

Thanks,
Mark