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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:15:38 -0500
From:      "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>
To:        Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm returns to itself
Message-ID:  <00ee01bdd2c0$9f4adfc0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>

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Returns :

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Fvwm-95: in function main: <<ERROR>> can't open display :0

Alain


-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
To: Alain G. Fabry <fabry@panam.edu>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: xdm returns to itself


>Hi,
>
>> Sorry, I guess there must be something wrong...???
>> Don't have a .xinitrc-errors file on the system
>
>Well, I'm confused.... first you said you're using xdm, then you say that
>you are using startx.  Oops - no you don't - you said you were using
>.xinitrc.  Well, that will fail as xdm looks for ~/.xsession.  
>
>Try the following:
>
>cat > ~/.xsession
>exec your_window_manager_path_here
>^D
>chmod +x ~/.xsession
>
>Then try logging in again.
>
>If that fails please look at .xsession-errors and see what it lists.
>
>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
>


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