Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:43:20 -0700 (PDT) From: William Richard <wdr@tdl.com> To: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004102239140.1633-100000@wdr.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004101337320.9616-100000@Michelle.esfm.ipn.mx>
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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. You need to add a file in your home directory, called '.xsession', and make it mode 700. Treat this as your startup script--put all the programs you need to run for you X Window session here (start with an xterm or two, and run your window manager at the end of the list). I wrote an article on setting up XDM which appeared in the January 2000 edition of Daemon News, at <http://www.daemonnews.org/200001/xdm.html>. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me. Cheers, William Richard wdr@tdl.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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