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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:38:22 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm returns to itself
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980827233454.285C-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <010301bdd219$272c6c40$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>

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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Alain G. Fabry wrote:

>Whenever I start xdm and try to log in, it goes to a blank screen and
>returns to the xdm login screen.  What is the problem and how can I solve
>it.  BTW, I'm just learning FreeBSD and starting to like it more and
>more.  Thanks,

You probably have a problem with your user config files. Do you have a
file named .xsession in your home directory? What is your window manager
of choice? Is the window manager of choice listed in the .xsession?

Read 'man X' and 'man xdm'. Don't just skim them... read them, even if you
can't fully understand everything in there. There is a lot of help
regarding invoking X in various ways.

Look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors for troubleshooting info.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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