Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:40:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm is not working in 4.6-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020918124049.GA82815@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20020917145222.R98742-100000@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: <20020917145222.R98742-100000@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 02:59:27PM -0500, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> I have installed FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE in a new computer,
> I also installed X and KDE, verything is working fine
> except xdm.
>
> I'm sure X is working because "startx" works.
>
> In my /etc/ttys, I changed:
>
> ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
> ^^ "on"
>
> to:
>
> ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
>
>
> and then:
>
> kill -HUP 1
>
> my computer started blinking but even X did not start.
The "blinking" you're seeing is X starting up, then almost immediately
dying, after which init restarts xdm and around we go again.
Look at /var/log/xdm-errors and /var/log/XFree86.0.log for clues as to
why X is continually failing so soon after it starts up. Note that
recent versions of XFree86 4.x now expect to find most configuration
files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11, rather than in /etc/X11 which is what
XFree86 3.x used to use. (The exception is the XF86config file which
is searched for on a complicated path detailed in the XF86Config(5)
man page)
Otherwise, you seem to have done everything right.
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020918124049.GA82815>