From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 14:21:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F6371065676 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:21:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064048FC20 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:21:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from [10.0.10.6] ([202.69.173.101]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:20:30 -0800 Message-ID: <49184372.7010209@a1poweruser.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800 From: Fbsd1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2008 14:20:30.0427 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C4E32B0:01C9433F] X-Sender: fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Subject: trouble getting x11 xdm to work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:21:06 -0000 logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second