From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 11:48:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1268D1065673 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:48:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22DC8FC14 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:48:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from [10.0.10.6] ([202.69.173.101]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:47:42 -0800 Message-ID: <49197123.8050901@a1poweruser.com> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:48:51 +0800 From: Fbsd1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel References: <49184372.7010209@a1poweruser.com> <200811111147.03303.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <491967CD.3050606@a1poweruser.com> <200811111240.15930.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200811111240.15930.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Nov 2008 11:47:42.0970 (UTC) FILETIME=[4E7D05A0:01C943F3] X-Sender: fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:48:21 -0000 Mel wrote: > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: >> Mel wrote: >>> On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: >>>>>> Still getting error msg >>>>>> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 >>>>>> second >>> You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty >>> is hammering at it. >> I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. > > What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm > in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines > of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, > check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last > time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the > stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. > You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything > useful is written there. > With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a > configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. > Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo?