Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 13:12:06 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: donnie brasco <js_11234@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't log in using xdm. Message-ID: <20020520131206.A36493@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20020519233754.77502.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com>; from js_11234@yahoo.com on Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:37:54PM -0700 References: <20020519233754.77502.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:37:54PM -0700, donnie brasco wrote:
> When I test xdm on my system using, xdm -nodaemon &, I
> get the login window. After typing in the username
> and password, I hit enter and the login window appears
> again but I never get access to the system. The
> following message is stored in .xsession-errors:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Xlib: Can't open display: :0
>
Try removing the ~/.ICEauthority and ~/.Xauthority files. Make sure
the user has permissions to write to their home directory.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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