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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: xdm on 2.2GAMMA
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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Glenn Johnson wrote:

> I just upgraded from 2.1.6 to 2.2GAMMA(2-15-97). I put the following
> command in /etc/fbtab: 
> 	
> 	/dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console
> 
> and I put the following in /etc/rc.local: 
> 
> 	/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> 
> This worked in 2.1.6 but it does not work in 2.2GAMMA. I get the xdm
> login screen but when I enter the username and password, the screen
> switces to a grey background, sits for a couple of seconds, and then
> goes back to the login screen.

Your ~/.xsession is faulty or missing.  Try copying over your .xinitrc, or
generate a .xession.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major