Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:22:46 +0000 From: Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br> To: Mark <mark@dsl-gw2-b147.clsp.uswest.net> Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <38F27056.62C14770@tdnet.com.br> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004101532440.16671-100000@dsl-gw2-b147.clsp.uswest.net>
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Try this change (in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config): from: DisplayManager._0.authorize: true to: DisplayManager._0.authorize: false Tell me what you got after that ! Mark wrote: > > Does xdm give you a graphical login like Solaris? Meaning, instead of a > text login, I get a graphic dialog-like box. > > On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > I have successfully download the FreeBSD 4.0 ISO-image, burnt a CDROM and > > installed it on my computer. > > > > While trying to setup "xdm" I found that it is not difficult to configure > > "xdm". The session tries to start but immediately stops and the > > "login/password" window is displayed again. > > > > I cannot find anything that could be the source of the problem, except by > > the "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config" file that says in its last lines: > > > > ==================================================================== > > ! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser requests > > ! Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm > > DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 > > ==================================================================== > > > > even though I commented out the last line, I have not been able to make > > "xdm" to work. > > > > Do you have any ideas of what it is happening? > > > > > > ------ > > by the way: > > I copied the "xdm" file from version 3.4 on my 4.0 installation and it > > works perfectly. The only differences in the config files are the > > xdm-config lines listed above. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/chooser is also a > > shorter file. > > ------ > > > > - ______ _ > > * / /###\ / \ __ > > /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | > > / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ > > = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ > > = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ > > = \______/ _ > > | | > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If you're happy, you're successful. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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