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Subject: Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE
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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.
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