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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To: Ivan Rambius Ivanov <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to login using KDE
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:43:55AM +0300, Ivan Rambius Ivanov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am debugging a (seemingly) KDE-related problem on a FreeBSD laptop.
> The version of FreeBSD is 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #0. I am starting in in
> debug mode. It is using kdm as a login screen. The corresponding line
> in /etc/ttys is
> 
> ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
> 
> The problem is: when I type the username and password and try to login
> it returns me to the login screen again.

What are the contents of your ~/.xsession? Check ~/.xsession-errors as
well.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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