Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:05:03 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210171359250.17343-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20021017173307.41507.qmail@web13507.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:33:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie > > wud it be better to comment out all the ttyv8 lines and start XFree86 as a normal user, and then > start windowmaker? > > i really cant make xdm to work... > any suggestions? > There's a thorough HowTo on setting up a display manager (e.g. xdm, kdm, ...) here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html I can't think of any reason why it won't work if you follow the instructions. Note that X *must* load properly for xdm to work properly. If you need to test and setup X first, use an xinitrc file, e.g.: $ echo "exec wmaker" > /home/user/.xinitrc and then try 'startx'. The Handbook page above should get you going with xdm. HTH - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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