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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:56:42 -0500
From: Dennis Moore <archon@forbidden.dough.net>
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Subject: Re: Problems w/ xdm
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On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 09:57:25PM -0500, Jim Manley wrote:
  
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> I do a CNTL-ALT-ESC-F1 to get out of the X window and back to a console
> prompt.  When I look at the $HOME/.xsession-errors file, it says:
>  
>     Xlib:  connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>     Xlib:  Client is not authorized to connect to server
>     Error:  Can't open display:  :0
>  
> I've been through the FAQs at both the freebsd and xfree86 web sites.  From
> what I can tell, I'm doing everything the way the books/instructions/
> handbooks/etc. say to do this.  I'd appreciate any help someone may have to
> offer.

deja.com power search is a great resource if the regular docs fail you.
edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config and change this line's value:
DisplayManager._0.authorize:  true

to 'false'

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