Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 03:07:29 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <kellers@njit.edu> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kdm refuses to allow non-root login to kde Message-ID: <200408150307.29561.kellers@njit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040815063312.GA86007@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200408150005.00900.kellers@njit.edu> <20040815063312.GA86007@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Sunday 15 August 2004 02:33 am, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:05:00AM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > > I've been battling this on and off (mostly off) since April. > > > > If I put exec startkde in .xesession in a non-root folder and I enable > > xdm in /etc/ttys, I can log into xorg's xdm and kde starts just fine -- > > even as a non-root user. > > > > If I enable kdm in /etc/ttys, I get the kdm login screen, and if I login > > with a non-root account, the display just stays at it's default > > background until I kill it with CNTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE. > > Sounds like a DNS problem (yes, I know, why the heck does kdm want > with a DNS lookup - but there it is). If you put the output of > hostname(1) into /etc/hosts as an alias for 127.0.0.1 (localhost), > your problem _may_ go away. > > Cheers. No Joy... root still brings up the kde splash screen, everyone else sits frozen at the kde background screen. xdm still works. I'm at a complete loss how to explan this. $vi /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 www.smsdesign.org localhost 10.0.1.7 www.smsdesign.org www 10.0.1.7 www.smsdesign.org. 10.0.1.7 mail.smsdesign.org mail 10.0.1.7 smsdesign.org. 128.235.112.11 eris.njit.edu eris I rebooted, too, just "in case." ~
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