From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 28 11:50:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA00790 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:50:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from panam1.panam.edu (panam1.panam.edu [129.113.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA00745 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:50:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fabry@panam.edu) Received: from earth ([198.213.49.85]) by panam1.panam.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #24254) with SMTP id <01J150PUFX3W8Y7GFL@panam1.panam.edu> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:47:50 CDT Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:48:54 -0500 From: "Alain G. Fabry" Subject: Re: xdm returns to itself To: Brett Taylor Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <005b01bdd2b4$81973ac0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Priority: 3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm using .xinitrc to start my window manager .xsession-errors gives me a permission denied even though I'm logged in as root xdm-errors looks like this ################################################################# XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: July 15 1998 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (using VT number 4) XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc101" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3 (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unsca led,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib /X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 GT rev 65, Aperture @ 0xfe000000, Registers @ 0xffbef000, Block I/O @ 0xfc00 (--) Mach64: Card type: PCI (--) Mach64: Memory type: 5 (--) Mach64: Clock type: Internal (--) Mach64: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 170.000 MHz (**) Mach64: Mode "1152x864": mode clock = 92.000 (--) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 1152x864 (--) Mach64: Video RAM: 2048k (--) Mach64: Using hardware cursor (--) Mach64: Using 16 MB aperture @ 0xfe000000 (--) Mach64: Using 4 KB register aperture @ 0xffbef000 (--) Mach64: Ramdac is Internal (--) Mach64: Ramdac speed: 170 MHz (**) Mach64: Color weight: 565 (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x64 slots (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x64 slots X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) ############################################################################ . Hope that this helps a little. Thanks in advance Alain -----Original Message----- From: Brett Taylor To: Alain G. Fabry Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 12:56 PM Subject: Re: xdm returns to itself >Hi, > >> Whenever I start xdm and try to log in, it goes to a blank screen and >> returns to the xdm login screen. > >We need more information. > >Look in 2 files and tell us what's there. The two files are >~/.xsession-errors and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors. > >Brett >****************************************************************** >Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu >http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ > >"There is something uncanny in the noiseless rush of the cyclist, > as he comes into view, passes by, and disappears." > - Popular Science, 1891 > > >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