Date: 13 Jan 2004 08:37:55 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: vyepishov@eerc.kiev.ua Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help: xdm is cycled when enabled Message-ID: <448ykc6kb0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1073997166.4003e56e43a1a@wwwmail.eerc.kiev.ua> References: <1073997166.4003e56e43a1a@wwwmail.eerc.kiev.ua>
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vyepishov@eerc.kiev.ua writes: > Dear Sirs, > > I am writing to you because I have some problem with recently installed Unix > FreeBSD 5.1. > > I must say you that I am new user of FreeBSD, and therefore I need some advice. > And here is my problem: when I installed FreeBSD and added KDE environment as > the default X Window environment for my system, everything was perfect, except > the fact that I cannot enable xdm to log in X Window environment properly > (HERE IS THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM: when I enabled xdm in etc/ttys file, then > after rebooting xdm started, but when I entered login and password, xdm, again, > started, that is, this program was like cycled) > instead of logging in console. I strictly followed the instructions given in > Chapter 5 of the FreeBSD Handbook, but I couldn't do anything about it. May be > the problem is that the instructions are not enough detailed for me. > > That is why I ask you to help me. Thank you in advance. It sounds like you don't have a proper .xsession file. Start by removing whatever you already have for a .xsession file, and you'll get the system default one. If that doesn't work, look in ~/.xsession-errors. If it does work, then you need to debug your .xsession file (remember that you *don't* want it to exit while you are running an xdm session. For reference, my .xsession file is at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/systuff/scripts/xsession -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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