Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:59:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE and xdm Message-ID: <20000527115956.M233@parish> In-Reply-To: <200005271029.MAA00418@greatoak.home>; from pcasidy@worldnet.fr on Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:29:42PM %2B0200 References: <200005271029.MAA00418@greatoak.home>
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:29:42PM +0200, Philippe CASIDY wrote:
> hi!
>
> I encounter a strange behavior with xdm. I am doing an installation of
> FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE on a new hard drive (I am currently using FreeBSD
> 3.4).
>
> After installing XFree using sysinstall, I have modified /etc/ttys to
> activate xdm:
> ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
>
> Then I kill -HUP 1 to rescan ttys.
>
> xdm starts.
>
> First stangre behavior is that the name of the window is :
> "W Window System" instead of the hostname.
>
> Then, if I try to logon, xdm starts again to ask me again a login and
> password. If I check the .xsession-errors file of the user, I can read:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Error: Can't open display: :0
>
This sounds familiar, check the mail archives. IIRC it's to do with
the perms on ~/.xsession. Either that or you need ``xhost <hostname>''
in .xsession.
> This messages appears when xsm tries to start.
>
> Another behavior is that if that xdm does not allow me to start a
> failsafe session by depressing F1 instead of return after password.
>
> I would really appreciate any hints!
>
> Bye.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
>
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