From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jul 9 04:35:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA10540 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 04:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [207.198.1.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA10534 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 04:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA17474; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 07:29:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199707091129.HAA17474@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: X on a TP560 In-Reply-To: from "Brian N. Handy" at "Jul 9, 97 00:40:47 am" To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 07:29:09 -0400 (EDT) Cc: mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> [xsm is core-dumping on me with XF86-3.3.] > > > >xsm sucks; I can't imagine why it has become the default for > >unconfigured X users. > > > >A couple of things; try logging in in "emergency" mode; ie. hit F1 > >rather than Return after your password. This should give you an xterm > >with no window manager. If that works, look at bringing your .xsession > >across from another machine, [...] > > I tried that, and at the time it didn't work. Right now I'm doing a few > more experiments to see if 'options XSERVER' *really* was what solved my > problem... I stumbled on this on my tp365: you have a zero length .Xauthority file and xsm is core dumping. I think I did something with xuath to initialize the file, but I forget. Maybe copy one from another system. You could just try "startx" instead of using xdm, which may be OK unless you need xauth style authorization. I don't understand this stuff since I never think about it until it gets in the way. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval