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Date:      Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:38:51 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
To:        Dan Andersson <Dan.Andersson@btinternet.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: X-windows and xdm
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980619153851.malte@webmore.com>
In-Reply-To: <358987D1.F20CEC65@btinternet.com>

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On 18-Jun-98 Dan Andersson wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm trying to get my X11 to be the 'default' desktop environment.
> 
> But when I start the 'xdm -nodaemon', I can only do 'emergency logins'
> as root, not as
> any ordinary user.

Where do you start "xdm" ?

Malte.

> 
> The 'emergency login' is when I enter username, password with
> <cntrl+enter> instead of
> just <enter> in the login window.
> 
> Last time i tried this, i had similar problems but now I just don't
> remember what was the
> problem. I hava a very good memory but it's unfortunately very short...
> The last time
> I did this was with freebsd 1.1-something with X11R5...
> 
> I checked the file protection, but this should not be a problem when
> logged in as root.
> 
> When I try to log in as root, it just bounces and restart the login
> window. I must press
> cntrl+enter go go into an emergency mode without any x11 starting
> scripts, no window manager etc,
> just 'raw' x11 with one xterm window, like a 'xinit' startup.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dan Andersson
> 
> 
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Date: 19-Jun-98
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