Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:37:22 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work Message-ID: <20081110153722.ba124d03.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <49184372.7010209@a1poweruser.com> References: <49184372.7010209@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. > Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times > > init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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