Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:54:07 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xdm failing to start on FBSD 10.0 r2340030 erratically Message-ID: <4F82A3AF.3050207@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20120408152915.GU1420@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <4F8176A0.807@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20120408152915.GU1420@albert.catwhisker.org>
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