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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:38:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To:        Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004110237390.1232-100000@Michelle.esfm.ipn.mx>
In-Reply-To: <38F27056.62C14770@tdnet.com.br>

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Gustavo V G C Rios wrote:

> Try this change (in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config):
> from:  DisplayManager._0.authorize:    true
> to: DisplayManager._0.authorize:    false
> 
> 
> Tell me what you got after that !

it worked!
Thanks Gustavo!

> 
> Mark wrote:
> > 
> > Does xdm give you a graphical login like Solaris? Meaning, instead of a
> > text login, I get a graphic dialog-like box.
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I have successfully download the FreeBSD 4.0 ISO-image, burnt a CDROM and
> > > installed it on my computer.
> > >
> > > While trying to setup "xdm" I found that it is not difficult to configure
> > > "xdm". The session tries to start but immediately stops and the
> > > "login/password" window is displayed again.
> > >
> > > I cannot find anything that could be the source of the problem, except by
> > > the "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config" file that says in its last lines:
> > >
> > > ====================================================================
> > > ! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser requests
> > > ! Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm
> > > DisplayManager.requestPort:     0
> > > ====================================================================
> > >
> > > even though I commented out the last line, I have not been able to make
> > > "xdm" to work.
> > >
> > > Do you have any ideas of what it is happening?
> > >
> > >
> > > ------
> > > by the way:
> > > I copied the "xdm" file from version 3.4  on my 4.0 installation and it
> > > works perfectly.  The only differences in the config files are the
> > > xdm-config lines listed above.  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/chooser is also a
> > > shorter file.
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