Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:38:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: Dan Andersson <Dan.Andersson@btinternet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: X-windows and xdm Message-ID: <XFMail.980619153851.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <358987D1.F20CEC65@btinternet.com>
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On 18-Jun-98 Dan Andersson wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to get my X11 to be the 'default' desktop environment. > > But when I start the 'xdm -nodaemon', I can only do 'emergency logins' > as root, not as > any ordinary user. Where do you start "xdm" ? Malte. > > The 'emergency login' is when I enter username, password with > <cntrl+enter> instead of > just <enter> in the login window. > > Last time i tried this, i had similar problems but now I just don't > remember what was the > problem. I hava a very good memory but it's unfortunately very short... > The last time > I did this was with freebsd 1.1-something with X11R5... > > I checked the file protection, but this should not be a problem when > logged in as root. > > When I try to log in as root, it just bounces and restart the login > window. I must press > cntrl+enter go go into an emergency mode without any x11 starting > scripts, no window manager etc, > just 'raw' x11 with one xterm window, like a 'xinit' startup. > > Any ideas anyone? > > > Cheers > > Dan Andersson > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Date: 19-Jun-98 Time: 14:31:58 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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