Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:33:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: xdm trouble Message-ID: <199707010633.AAA27070@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <33B7EFF6.6BD5DED0@physics.umr.edu> References: <33B7EFF6.6BD5DED0@physics.umr.edu>
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Chris Wood writes:
> I have installed the latest version of XFree86 (3.3), and I can use
> startx and xinit. When I try to use xdm, the login screen come up
> fine, but after enetering the login and password, the screen goes
> blank for a moment then comes back to the login screen.
I'm certain this *must* be a FAQ somewhere!
Your login has failed for some reason, probably something started by xdm
or your X session file. Login on one of the text consoles and look at
the file .xdm-errors in your root directory, this is a log of the
attempted xdm session.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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