From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 6 01:03:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E157C16AD6C for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 00:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from katsuo_harada_evil_does@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay105-f7.bay105.hotmail.com [65.54.224.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48B043D46 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 00:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from katsuo_harada_evil_does@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:14:06 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 65.54.224.200 by by105fd.bay105.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:14:02 GMT X-Originating-IP: [86.211.135.80] X-Originating-Email: [katsuo_harada_evil_does@hotmail.com] X-Sender: katsuo_harada_evil_does@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu> From: "Vitaly D" To: mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:14:02 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jun 2006 00:14:06.0464 (UTC) FILETIME=[1FE26800:01C688FE] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: "Session Menu" xdm/gdm problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:03:34 -0000 >From: Mike Hunter >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: "Session Menu" xdm/gdm problem Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:47:09 >-0700 > >Hey everybody, > >I'm having a frustrating X problem. I installed X via portupgrade and >hacked /etc/ttys to enable xdm. I can log in successfully both as root >and as a non-priv user, but either way I get to a screen that says: > >Session Menu > >Load Session # Delete Session # Break Lock # Default/Fail Safe # Cancel > >But if I disable xdm and simply use startx, it launches X and my window >manager fine. I tried deleting my .xinitrc but that didn't help. > >I have a feeling some X component isn't in place. I tried compiling gdm >as a replacement but that didn't help (same symptoms). I was able to run >gdmsetup (or was it gdmconfig?) by logging into gdm in fail-safe mode, and >I could change some of the GDM settings, but I didn't see anything that I >could twist to fix the problem. > >FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE May 12 >xorg-6.9.0 You should place .xinitrc in your home directory. simply copy /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc that should work _________________________________________________________________ Retrouvez tout en un clin d'oeil avec la barre d'outil MSN Search ! http://desktop.msn.fr/