Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:41:27 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Cc: stanb@netcom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login as root using xdm (2.2) Message-ID: <199703241841.TAA22000@gluon.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <199703240436.VAA00647@obie.softweyr.ml.org> from Wes Peters at "23. Mar. 97 21:33:49"
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> Stan Brown writes:
> > I have installed 2.2 on a Toshiba Tecra 500CDT. For some reason I can't
> > login as root at the xdm prompt. An ordinary user works fine. root can
> > login from a svag login prompt.
> >
> > What might I have wrong here?
>
> Hard to tell, but the file .xsession-errors in root's home directory
> should enlighten you. Login as root (and fail), then switch to a text
> console, login, and examine the errors found there. Correct them and
> (attempt) login at the XDM screen.
Check your ~root/.xsession file.
Probably, root got a new one on the installation.
I think fvwm is the default window manager there, which itself is
not installed by default.
Hope it helps,
Robert
> Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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