Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:44:15 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley <burton@bsampley.vip.best.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm on 2.2GAMMA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970304234110.4462A-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970304185356.22528V-100000@localhost>
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Don't forget .xsession must be an executable file. (per X User Tools ISBN 0-56592-019-8; Good book on using X) Burton On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > 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 > >
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