Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:00:40 -0300 From: InfoSeeker <infoseek@bcoe.bm> To: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> Cc: scrantr@ix.netcom.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm recycling Message-ID: <34215028.A65@bcoe.bm> References: <md5:CC7997B6E5BCEE3654DD5DF7BB401CD1>
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Jon you indeed are very correct. Seems I am being rejected from my localhost for not being able to authenticate me via the MIT-MAGICOOKIE-AUTH. Ummm suggestions on reading material for me? FAQ's? thanks ian wallace - sys admin - bermuda commodities exchange Jon Hamilton wrote: > > In message <341F5F4A.33C9@ix.netcom.com>, Richard Scranton writes: > } >> also xdm is behaving very poorly and when invoked as a deamon from the > } >> command line merely "cycles" when you try and log in. so if user > } >> applebaum logs in successfully, xdm starts doing something (what i don't > } >> know) it seems like the server actually exits (the screen goes black, > } >> clicking hardware noises in the monitor) and whamo there is the login > } >> screen again. > } > } If you don't have a .xsession file in your home directory, you > } won't get very far. Remember too, it must be marked executable. > > Nonsense. If a user doesn't have an .xsession, a default session is used > (see /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession). It would probably pay to check out > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors to see what the problem is. > > -- > Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com | hamilton@pitviper.med.ge.com > <A HREF="http://www.pobox.com/~hamilton">Jon Hamilton's homepage</A>
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