Date: 03 Jan 2004 13:14:45 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Grumpy 'xdm' won't take logins Message-ID: <44ad54j3vu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401020911160.5667-100000@otter.localdomain> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401020911160.5667-100000@otter.localdomain>
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John Mills <johnmills@speakeasy.net> writes: > I just finished a fairly lightweight ftp installation of 5.1-Release and > want to offer an X11 login screen. Basic XF86 seems to work fine. I > followed the 'Configuring xdm' instructions in Greg Lehey's > _Complete_FreeBSD_, ch.17, but didn't get quite all the way home. > > I get the X11 login screen, mouse moves OK, but I never seem to focus the > username or password entry panels so that my keystrokes are seen. Neither > can I change to one of the other vt's (though I get 'bell' sounds on those > which should exist). The server seems to have gone both modal and deaf. Hmm. I'm pretty rusty on configuring X, but my first reaction is: "What happens when you try to start X with startx?"
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