Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:05:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Mike <bigmike@Mlink.NET> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xdm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907291702150.15185-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <37A09297.345C96F5@Mlink.NET>
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Hi,
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Mike wrote:
> I reboot my box I get the xdm login prompt and I type my username and
> passwd, when I press enter it seems like xdm restarts agin asking
> username and passwd over again .. and it keeps on doing it over and
> over
It sounds to me like your .xsession doesn't exist or isn't executable.
Login on a text console (not through xdm) and make sure your .xsession is
executable ("chmod +x .xsession" if you're not sure). You can also look
at .xsession-errors and see what it says.
If you don't have a .xsession create one that looks something like:
#!/bin/sh
xterm -sb -sl 512 -bg gray -fn 10x20 &
exec wmaker
Of course you can change wmaker to whatever window manager you are using.
Brett
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