Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 20:26:27 +0530 From: Avinash Sonawane <rootkea@gmail.com> To: Rolf Nielsen <rmg1970swe@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to login to FreeBSD + xorg + xdm system Message-ID: <CAJ9BSW-3xO0f8pKskKN7G3nz%2BRecsREww6RUnUjyO-i36S1A3w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <554CC116.802@gmail.com> References: <CAJ9BSW_vBK8pnLEbY8gr7trdxLLgF=UFOPpeKU3EcXwjNUM=LQ@mail.gmail.com> <554CC116.802@gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Rolf Nielsen <rmg1970swe@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2015-05-08 15:10, Avinash Sonawane wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I am using FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE. Today I installed x11/xorg and >> also x11/xdm and them made changes to /etc/ttys as instructed in >> the Handbook >> (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html#idp63498576) >> >> But now I am unable to login in the system. When I boot the system >> a big rectangle (xdm) pops up as a login screen and when I enter >> my credentials (username and password) it simply returns back (like >> the box got refreshed) and again asks for the credentials. >> >> No matter how many time I provide the credentials it simply pops >> up again and again. >> >> I tried with normal user account as well as root account. >> >> And now I am not able to login in the system at all. Please help. >> > > Hit Ctrl + Alt + F1 to get to a console. I can't access any of the virtual terminals as well. > Log in as root, and check > /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and .xsession-errors in the home > directory of the user you are trying to log in to X as. Somewhere in > one of those files (probably .xsession-errors) there should be > something that tells you what is wrong. ~/.xsession-errors of both the users contains a single line saying "exec: /usr/local/bin/xsm: not found" And about /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log to be honest I have no idea what I'm looking at. Here is my /var/log/xdm.log http://pastebin.com/hjCJ5Dx9 and /var/log/Xorg.0.log http://pastebin.com/i0sSqayq -- Avinash Sonawane (RootKea) PICT, Pune http://rootkea.wordpress.com
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