Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:25:05 +0100 From: smithg@mail.nwc.whecn.edu (Gerald Smith) To: Freebsd-questions@FreeBsd.org Subject: Locked in X-login on boot Message-ID: <15250588214180@NWC.WHECN.EDU>
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I have been using 2.2 for a couple of years off and on. The last few months
I have been using it regularly for typesetting with tex and emacs under
X-windows.
I have had no problems at all and have been very pleased with the way the
system works.
During this time I have just logged in and then started X by using startx.
Yesterday I was reading in "The Complete FreeBsd" first ed. by Greg Lehey
that I could get xdm runing with the login message at boot by changing
/etc/ttys and setting
ttyv4 "usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure (page 99)
and then rebooting or # kill -1 1.
Well, like a fool, I did this without checking it out complelely first!!
The problem is that it goes through all the boot messages, starts the
regular login: message then goes to the X-login window:
myname.my.domain
Login:
Password:
and also presents a console log for myname.my.domain window.
If I login with a wrong name or password I get the login incorrect message
in red. When I give the correct login name and password, the window
disappears and it seems that something is happening, but it just comes back
with the same login window again and I can't get out of this mode. Either
this is the way it should work and I am just to ignorant to see what I need
to do, or it is not working correctly.
If someone out there would give me a hand with this without having to go and
reinstall completely I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Gerald Smith
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