From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 4:31:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2248E37B401 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 04:31:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from highland.isltd.insignia.com (highland.isltd.insignia.com [195.74.141.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D5043E4A for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 04:31:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Jim.Hatfield@insignia.com) Received: from scorpio.isltd.insignia.com (scorpio.isltd.insignia.com [172.16.1.1]) by highland.isltd.insignia.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB9CV75x097900 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:31:07 GMT (envelope-from Jim.Hatfield@insignia.com) Received: from exchange-uk.isltd.insignia.com (exchange-uk [172.16.1.6]) by scorpio.isltd.insignia.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id gB9CV7402183 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:31:07 GMT Received: by exchange-uk.isltd.insignia.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <394910C2>; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:31:06 -0000 Message-ID: <2F03DF3DDE57D411AFF4009027B8C3670289D5EB@exchange-uk.isltd.insignia.com> From: "local.freebsd.questions" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: xdm keeps showing me login window Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:31:06 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.26 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 11:00:54 -0000 , m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) wrote: >On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:32:14AM -0800, Ali S. wrote: >> i have installed freebsd 4.7 on >> compaq proliant 1600 with cirrus 5446 vga card >> i have configured X with "xf86config" >> >> but >> when i run xdm and enter my username &password >> it refreshes the screen and shows me the login >> window again... >> >> any idea? > >You should have a script ~/.xsession which contains a shell script to >run the various X programs you require during your login session. >That script should not exit until you decide to end your session. >Typically that's done by running a session manager or a window manager >in the foreground. eg. this is what I use: (details snipped) But you shouldn't *have* to do this. I did a 4.7 install, added XFree86-4 from ports, did the XF86Config, and new users (with empty home directories) get dropped into twm. The ~/.xsession should only be needed if you want something other than this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message