From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 6 03:29:02 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 B4A9316C128 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:42:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net (rwcrmhc15.comcast.net [204.127.192.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9326443D58 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:42:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.215] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with ESMTP id <20060606023937m15000pdc9e>; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:39:38 +0000 Message-ID: <4484EAE9.50108@computer.org> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:39:37 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Hunter References: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 03:29:05 -0000 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