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Date:      Mon, 20 May 2002 13:12:06 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        donnie brasco <js_11234@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't log in using xdm.
Message-ID:  <20020520131206.A36493@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20020519233754.77502.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com>; from js_11234@yahoo.com on Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:37:54PM -0700
References:  <20020519233754.77502.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:37:54PM -0700, donnie brasco wrote:
> When I test xdm on my system using, xdm -nodaemon &, I
> get the login window.  After typing in the username
> and password, I hit enter and the login window appears
> again but I never get access to the system.  The
> following message is stored in .xsession-errors:
> 
> Xlib:  connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib:  Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Xlib:  Can't open display: :0
> 

Try removing the ~/.ICEauthority and ~/.Xauthority files. Make sure
the user has permissions to write to their home directory.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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