Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:59:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE and xdm Message-ID: <20000527115956.M233@parish> In-Reply-To: <200005271029.MAA00418@greatoak.home>; from pcasidy@worldnet.fr on Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:29:42PM %2B0200 References: <200005271029.MAA00418@greatoak.home>
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:29:42PM +0200, Philippe CASIDY wrote: > hi! > > I encounter a strange behavior with xdm. I am doing an installation of > FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE on a new hard drive (I am currently using FreeBSD > 3.4). > > After installing XFree using sysinstall, I have modified /etc/ttys to > activate xdm: > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > Then I kill -HUP 1 to rescan ttys. > > xdm starts. > > First stangre behavior is that the name of the window is : > "W Window System" instead of the hostname. > > Then, if I try to logon, xdm starts again to ask me again a login and > password. If I check the .xsession-errors file of the user, I can read: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0 > This sounds familiar, check the mail archives. IIRC it's to do with the perms on ~/.xsession. Either that or you need ``xhost <hostname>'' in .xsession. > This messages appears when xsm tries to start. > > Another behavior is that if that xdm does not allow me to start a > failsafe session by depressing F1 instead of return after password. > > I would really appreciate any hints! > > Bye. > > Phil. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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