From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 14 16:26:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 773835075 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:09:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA55945; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:09:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:09:59 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: David Banning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, David Banning wrote: > > Subject: xdm errors > > I can't seem to get X forking or xdm. > X fires up to a graphics screen with no way to control - > no screens or programs to click on. > xdm gives me login which will not allow me to pass ( i have know > password yet it promps me for one) You'll need an appropriate .xsession, and, really, you should set a password for yourself. man passwd for details. > I know theres something simple wrong here ... Short answer: man startx In particular, check out the user's .xsession/.xinitrc files. You will also probably want to install a "nice" window manager such as KDE, AfterStep, Enlightenment, ad infinitum. Refer to your ports or packages collection, or, if you are running 3.1 (or was it 3.2) or later, run /stand/sysinstall and visit the post-install config menu to pick a desktop configuration. -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message