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Date:      Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:40:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        dorseb@hol.fr
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem starting xdm
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809061839450.18759-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199809011536.RAA18712@mail1.hol.fr>

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On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 dorseb@hol.fr wrote:

> I bought freeBSD 2.2.6. When I log on it (ascii mode) I log on it 
> well as root. I can start graphic interphace with startx with 
> afterstep.
> To start xdm I made all the modifications that are advised in the 
> book the complete freebsd 2.2.6 to set xdm (Ch 15: Setting up your 
> FreeBsd desktop p 229).
>  When I start xdm, I have an interface that ask me my 
> login and my password. The problem is that when I enter my login and 
> my password in it the interface (1) change itself for a weird screen 
> and then it comes back to the first interface (cf 1). 

Copy ~/.xinitrc to ~/.xsesion, make sure ~/.xsession is executable, then
try it.  xdm uses a different startup file than startx.

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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