From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 10 13: 8:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705A137B400 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:08:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web14809.mail.yahoo.com (web14809.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF91543E6E for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:08:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus_arning@yahoo.de) Message-ID: <20020910200844.20550.qmail@web14809.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [212.185.248.219] by web14809.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:08:44 CEST Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:08:44 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Marcus=20Arning?= Subject: Re: Problem with XFree86 4.2 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alastair Hogge In-Reply-To: <200209102125.26993.agh@tpg.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, I've done that. I followed the configuration process described in the documentation, AFAIK. In the log file /var/log/xdm-errors th following entry appears: Sinus-:0 unable to dispatch function, where Sinus is my hostname. --- Alastair Hogge schrieb: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:55, Marcus Arning wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem with using XFree86 4.2 in > FreeBsd > > 4.6 . When using the X-server with startx, I get > the > > message > > > > xauth: ... bad display name ":0" > > > > while starting and stopping the X-server, but X > can be > > used normally. More serious is the second problem, > > which arises when xdm is taken for login. After > typing > > the user name and password a menu appears for > choosing > > a session. Since it is the first time I choose > > default/failsafe, but then nothing is started. > > Has anybody in this list an answer for these > topics? > Have you tried "[PORTS_DIR]/x11/wrapper"? > That normally helps me after an X update, thou not > sure about xdm. > > HTH > -Al __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Möchten Sie mit einem Gruß antworten? http://grusskarten.yahoo.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message