Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:13:47 +0200 From: Lutz Albers <lutz@muc.de> To: Marco Shaw <marco@nbnet.nb.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM problem? Message-ID: <357E241B.84B73ED@muc.de> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980609203001.304A-100000@marco2.nbnet.nb.ca>
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Marco Shaw wrote: > > Before I configure my system to startup using XDM, I thought I would try > running the command from the command line as root: > > xdm -nodaemon & (as specified in "The Complete FreeBSD" book) > > but when I run it, my system continously loops. X starts, I enter my u/p, > hit enter, then my system returns to the X login screen again...I can't > cancel out or anything... > > Do I have a problem or did I issue the wrong command for testing purposes? Most likely your .xsession script is buggy. Try to use the fail-safe session feature of xdm. This can be entered by confirming the password with F1 instead of Enter. Check the .xsession-errors file and remember that when the last command of the .xsession script ends, so does your session. So don't put it in the background :-) Oh, BTW, this file MUST be executable ... ciao lutz -- Lutz Albers, lutz@muc.de Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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