Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 02:01:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> Cc: scrantr@ix.netcom.com, infoseek@bcoe.bm, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm recycling Message-ID: <199709180101.CAA07464@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:45:32 CDT." <199709171847.LAA01352@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > In message <341F5F4A.33C9@ix.netcom.com>, Richard Scranton writes: > } >> also xdm is behaving very poorly and when invoked as a deamon from the > } >> command line merely "cycles" when you try and log in. so if user > } >> applebaum logs in successfully, xdm starts doing something (what i don't > } >> know) it seems like the server actually exits (the screen goes black, > } >> clicking hardware noises in the monitor) and whamo there is the login > } >> screen again. > } > } If you don't have a .xsession file in your home directory, you > } won't get very far. Remember too, it must be marked executable. > > Nonsense. If a user doesn't have an .xsession, a default session is used > (see /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession). It would probably pay to check out > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors to see what the problem is. Not being able to write .Xauthority is a corker too. > -- > Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com | hamilton@pitviper.med.ge.com > <A HREF="http://www.pobox.com/~hamilton">Jon Hamilton's homepage</A> > -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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