Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:42:23 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: jdunham@fc.net (Jerry Dunham) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: XF86 & fvwm Problem, Help? (fwd) Message-ID: <199609171242.OAA08789@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199609171234.HAA11255@freeside.fc.net> from "Jerry Dunham" at Sep 17, 96 07:34:51 am
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Jerry Dunham writes: > > Branson Matheson babbled: >> You might also look at using xdm instead .. with that you will have >> a graphical login prompt. And it will automagically restart every >> time you logout. The nice thing about this and freebsd is that you >> can still use a text console with syscons. > > So far, this seems to be terrible advice. I messed with xdm more this > morning, and it does exactly what he says it does - automagically restart. > I am completely unable to get out of it. Bummer, isn't it? FWIW, I've just got a free SCO Open Deathtrap, and it does just the same thing, though first it kills your mouse so you can't do anything inside X either. > If I've logged in as root I can > get back to the login screen, but I can't quit from there: ^D doesn't work > and neither does your suggestion of ^[alt]-[backspace]. ctrl-alt-backspace will kill the X server, which xdm will then cheerfully restart. > The only way out seems to be to login as root and type "shutdown -h > now". If I've logged in as dunham I can't even do that, and su > doesn't work. Fix your /etc/group (yes, I know I've told you, but I'm copying -questions): assuming your name is dunham, change the line reading wheel:*:0:root,grog,bin to read wheel:*:0:root,grog,bin,dunham su looks at this to decide whether to let you su or not. > I'm going back to startx, unless you can give me some reason why I > should consider xdm that isn't obvious to the uninitiated, and tell > me how to REALLY get out of it. xdm is great for people who never want (nor need) to see a character mode display. Unfortunately, not everything runs under X, and xdm effectively takes away some of your freedom. I use xinit myself, and for the life of me I can't recall what the difference is from startx. Not much, anyway. You could consider them interchangeable. Greg
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