From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 5:41:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A5937B401 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 639B743E6E for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:41:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8ICewc9082932; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:40:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8ICenjF082931; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:40:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:40:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Eduardo Viruena Silva Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm is not working in 4.6-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020918124049.GA82815@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20020917145222.R98742-100000@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020917145222.R98742-100000@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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