Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:42:36 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Kevin Weiss/AUS/Lotus <Kevin_Weiss/AUS/Lotus@lotus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm looping error Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903191040550.4752-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <OF274472FD.A13CE35C-ON86256739.005B1B42@lotus.com>
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HI,
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, 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...
Log in on the console and see what's in your .xsession-errors (and what's
in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors. It's hard to tell what's wrong wo/
having at least that information.
Brett
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