Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:42:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: William Richard <wdr@tdl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004110238500.1232-100000@Michelle.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004102239140.1633-100000@wdr.my.domain>
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, William Richard wrote: > 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. > Thanks Richard! I had the .xsession file working in X under FreeBSD version 3.4. It seems there was a change in X under FreeBSD version 4.0, it was necessary change one line on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config file: From: DisplayManager._0.authorize: false To: DisplayManager._0.authorize: false > > Cheers, > William Richard > wdr@tdl.com > > > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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