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From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE and xdm
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:29:42PM +0200, Philippe CASIDY wrote:
> hi!
> 
> I encounter a strange behavior with xdm. I am doing an installation of
> FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE on a new hard drive (I am currently using FreeBSD
> 3.4).
> 
> After installing XFree using sysinstall, I have modified /etc/ttys to
> activate xdm:
> ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure
> 
> Then I kill -HUP 1 to rescan ttys.
> 
> xdm starts.
> 
> First stangre behavior is that the name of the window is :
> "W Window System" instead of the hostname.
> 
> Then, if I try to logon, xdm starts again to ask me again a login and
> password. If I check the .xsession-errors file of the user, I can read:
> 
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Error: Can't open display: :0
> 

This sounds familiar, check the mail archives. IIRC it's to do with
the perms on ~/.xsession. Either that or you need ``xhost <hostname>''
in .xsession.


> This messages appears when xsm tries to start.
> 
> Another behavior is that if that xdm does not allow me to start a
> failsafe session by depressing F1 instead of return after password.
> 
> I would really appreciate any hints!
> 
> Bye.
> 
> Phil.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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