Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:07:39 +0100 From: Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: fabry@panam.edu Subject: Re: xdm returns to itself Message-ID: <35E6816B.334A689C@ukonline.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980827233454.285C-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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Don't forget to make .xsession into an executable or things won't get any better (chmod 755) Chris R. Jason C. Wells wrote: > 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/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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