From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 13:17:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8BC106566C for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88268FC18 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RDyS4-00034g-A1; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:28 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RDyS4-0007jM-6F; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:28 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p9CD2ReS008942; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p9CD2RwD008941; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:27 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, cpt_complain@yahoo.com Message-ID: <20111012130227.GA8460@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, cpt_complain@yahoo.com, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <201110121250.p9CCo6Gn068334@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201110121250.p9CCo6Gn068334@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/154502: xdm authorization failure when used with E17 window manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:17:44 -0000 I've had similar behaviour when some ports were missing, perhaps x11/xrdb. The OP needs to examine /var/log/xdm.log first. This might be no error at all. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423