Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 22:47:02 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is> To: "Hai T. Le" <hai@flash.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X server Message-ID: <345276E6.15FB7483@est.is> References: <3451F8A8.5825@flash.net>
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Hai T. Le wrote: > > Hi: > > I recently got this problem. When I boot up FreeBSD, I configured it to > start XDM. However when I type in my login and password, X tries to log > me in, but then logs me out again. I can't seem to get into my account > using X. If you use one of my other consoles, I can log in. > > I recently purchased a 3 button mouse. Do you think this has anything > to do with it? I have a microsoft 2-button mouse before. I didn't do > anything different. I used to log in without any problems. > > Also, I don't know if this is the correct method, but when I shutdown, I > generally logout of my account in X, hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a non-X > terminal, login, and then type "shutdown now". The reason I do this is > because, xsm always asks me the next time I log in if I want to loag in > as failsafe, or default if I shutdown in X. Any thoughts??? > > I included the xdm-error file. I don't know what the errors mean > though. > > -- Thanks, > > Hai try to delete all .xsm* .prx* or at least move them of the home directory, that does help me. Thordur Ivarsson
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