From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 05:37:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BBF16A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:37:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A44CB43D2F for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:37:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004011313375501100lkqope>; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:37:55 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id C634B55; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:37:55 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: vyepishov@eerc.kiev.ua References: <1073997166.4003e56e43a1a@wwwmail.eerc.kiev.ua> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 13 Jan 2004 08:37:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1073997166.4003e56e43a1a@wwwmail.eerc.kiev.ua> Message-ID: <448ykc6kb0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 35 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help: xdm is cycled when enabled X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:37:59 -0000 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"