From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 9:16:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (unknown [200.12.46.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CEBD151A9 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:16:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA00456 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:20:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:20:29 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm looping error Message-ID: <19990319112029.B305@fisicc-ufm.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Kevin Weiss/AUS/Lotus on Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 04:47:33PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 04:47:33PM +0000, Kevin Weiss/AUS/Lotus wrote: > 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? > check .xsession-errors in your home dir and email that info to the list. regards, -oscar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message