Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:39:37 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Session Menu" xdm/gdm problem Message-ID: <4484EAE9.50108@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu>
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Mike Hunter wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > For xdm: copy your .xinitrc to .xsession and see if that helps. gdm: is a bit more complicated. -- Regards, Eric
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