Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:33:27 +0100 From: "Dave J. Boers" <djb@relativity.student.utwente.nl> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: troubles with X Message-ID: <19991230233327.A16271@relativity.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.21.9912271819010.7461-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>; from sprice@hiwaay.net on Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 06:28:02PM -0600 References: <Pine.OSF.4.21.9912271819010.7461-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 06:28:02PM -0600, Steve Price wrote: > For some reason now I can't startx(1) as either myself or root. > I type startx and the PAM auth routines loop forever printing > out 'Password:'. I comment out the last two lines in /etc/pam.conf > and I get an authentication failure (as I should). I'm having the same problem. Cvsupped and recompiled -current just a few hours ago. Then I recompiled X 3.3.5 and installed it. Now I can't start X anymore either. Lines containing "Password:" just keep scrolling over my terminal. The password lines are being generated by xinit. Just plain "X" works. > Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? What is the correct > method to start X on -current nowadays? AFAIK you're doing it correctly. Can someone PLEASE help out here? It's getting a bit annoying. Regards, Dave Boers. -- djb@relativity.student.utwente.nl be afraid, . . . be *very* afraid To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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