From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 14 16: 3:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC7C4381 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:58:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.3.1.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA17021; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:58:26 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA39246; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:57:59 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:57:59 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: David Banning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xdm errors (Was: your mail) Message-ID: <20000215125758.B33179@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from root@worldy.com on Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 05:53:29PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 05:53:29PM +0000, David Banning wrote: > > Subject: xdm errors > > I can't seem to get X forking or xdm. > X fires up to a graphics screen with no way to control - > no screens or programs to click on. Unless you log in, you will not be allowed access to the system. > xdm gives me login which will not allow me to pass ( i have know > password yet it promps me for one) Unless you set the xlogin.Login.allowNullPasswd to `true', you cannot have null passwords. Check the xdm manpage for more details. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my works.. I want to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message