Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 22:37:52 +0000 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Brian Fischman <gameboy@interpath.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980111223752.007c4220@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <34B9ADCF.AC74923F@interpath.com>
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At 00:44 1/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >I have a problem, when i run startx everything works fine, however when >i run xdm, after i login the screen gets messed up and 3 secs later i am >at the login screen again, this is a never ending cycle, any >suggestsions? >Brian When you start X by using 'startx', the file '~/.xinitrc' is read in order to set up your session. The analog of '.xinitrc' is '~/.xsession'. Xdm reads '/.xsession' to set up your session. I venture a guess that you do not have a '.xsession' file. If you do, then I might guess that it does not refer to a window manager. You must start a window manager in order to run a session. Read your existing '.xinitrc' for some ideas on what should be in your '.xsession'. I am not sure that this reply will fully answer your question. I hope that this gives you some ideas. Read man X carefully. This info about how startx and xdm are initialized is in there. But that man page is sooooo big sometimes it is easy to start skimming and miss important stuff. I was tripped up on xdm for a while but the man page got me started. I use xdm myself. I prefer it for the sole reason that I like the login widget. YMMV. Good luck, Jason Wells
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