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"Korn, Karl" <KornK@AETNA.com> writes:

> I have a fresh installed version of BSD 5.4 loaded onto a machine and
> when I attempt to logon using XDM it will not log me in.  I'm using the
> correct credentials and it looks as if I'm being let into the system but
> the logon screen comes back up.  Any ideas?

This almost always mean that you have a problem with your .xsession
file.  [It's not executable, or it returns too quickly, etc.]