From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 00:00:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11287 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from colin.muc.de (root@colin.muc.de [193.174.4.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA11260 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lutz@muc.de) Received: from tavari.muc.de ([193.174.4.22]) by colin.muc.de with SMTP id <140563-1>; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:14:05 +0200 Received: from muc.de (abraxas [192.168.42.5]) by tavari.muc.de (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA23262; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:13:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <357E241B.84B73ED@muc.de> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:13:47 +0200 From: Lutz Albers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marco Shaw , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM problem? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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