From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 23:53:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA29167 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:53:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy1.ba.best.com (root@proxy1.ba.best.com [206.184.139.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA29083 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:52:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsampley.vip.best.com (bsampley.vip.best.com [206.184.160.196]) by proxy1.ba.best.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id XAA11077; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:46:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:44:15 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley To: Doug White cc: Glenn Johnson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm on 2.2GAMMA In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Don't forget .xsession must be an executable file. (per X User Tools ISBN 0-56592-019-8; Good book on using X) Burton On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > I just upgraded from 2.1.6 to 2.2GAMMA(2-15-97). I put the following > > command in /etc/fbtab: > > > > /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console > > > > and I put the following in /etc/rc.local: > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > > > > This worked in 2.1.6 but it does not work in 2.2GAMMA. I get the xdm > > login screen but when I enter the username and password, the screen > > switces to a grey background, sits for a couple of seconds, and then > > goes back to the login screen. > > Your ~/.xsession is faulty or missing. Try copying over your .xinitrc, or > generate a .xession. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >