Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:03:23 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@bayouhome.net> To: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't start xdm on boot ??? Message-ID: <20000722220323.A1080@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <3952B651.F6BD1FFD@ispchannel.com>; from mhumm@ispchannel.com on Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 07:58:57PM -0500 References: <200007221652.LAA03068@gforce.johnson.home> <3952B651.F6BD1FFD@ispchannel.com>
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 07:58:57PM -0500
^^^^^^
You need to check your date setting.
Mark A. Hummel wrote:
> Yes, I did...same results, but I did have an error in /etc/ttys. I
> obviously wasn't paying enough attention to your instructions and
> didn't change "off" to "on" for ttyv8. When I did, xdm came up on
> boot prompting me for a login username and password. When I entered
> one, it looked like KDE was going to start, but for some reason, it
> didn't. Instead, xdm looped back to the login again. No matter how
> many or which user names I typed in, it take my input and loops back
> to another blank login screen. Any ideas? We're getting further down
> the road.
Take a look at ~/.xsession-errors and see what that tells you. The
permissions on your ~/.xsession file should look like "-rwxr--r--".
--
Glenn Johnson
glennpj@bayouhome.net
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