From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 8:48:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lotus2.lotus.com (lotus2.lotus.com [192.233.136.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C64014EE6 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:48:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Weiss/AUS/Lotus@lotus.com) Received: from internet2.lotus.com (internet2 [9.95.4.236]) by lotus2.lotus.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA12554 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:56:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from a3mail.lotus.com (A3MAIL.lotus.com [9.95.5.66]) by internet2.lotus.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA18303 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:45:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: xdm looping error To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:47:33 GMT Message-ID: From: Kevin Weiss/AUS/Lotus X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MIMETrack: "Serialize_by_Router_on_A3MAIL/CAM/H/Lotus_at_03/19/99_11:39:53_AM" (PVCS Build (based on 165) |"Mar 17 1999") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG whenever I implement xdm from root, it loops back onto itself. In other words, xdm starts, I log in (either as myusername or root), type in the appropriate password, and then: 1) Screen blanks out for a sec 2) X Window "seems" to start (i.e. the grey background comes up for a split second) 3) The login screen appears again, and I have to login again 4) Repeats 1-3 again...and again...again... I have to end up "sneaking" in CTRL-ALT-DEL right after typing in the password just to shut down the machine. I have typed the wrong password, and I do get the login incorrect...this part seems ok. Any suggestions? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message