From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 18:17:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F32F11065672 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from neshort@yahoo.com) Received: from web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.97.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 829558FC19 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 77036 invoked by uid 60001); 9 Apr 2010 18:17:42 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1270837062; bh=kIwv5JnOoV5OaZjWwj2YoD6c05fU4nzW6UK2Ezopsv0=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=rHgr3TmM7j71l1SxdTYR3ya3EBeTS4SjThMCAfLbK0BKFx/DMdlEIlKdCvCFEHVscMBNGnZ64EYSpb451MBllmDnSFPHgkhxj/OWyzGf2TqNGYfeVkGeu1/wh29cDinnwRkwQnB8gTsRBbjSSxBo5IcMDvxteDWXWmZVWAN83/k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=FlwbW/aQqh0bhZ/INT+rOqqv3bU+XpENzl5pvDcqTOMgsrtI1HqP53dZmWDrvtygG2eR+bm4xWh6Iw9v8BYG91UOor3cF8r/n2SNmRmabUXNkJFDj+PLT3eQiQXLIj6vEfRZ2SYP8aS1r3jcFM36PhwLo0dzuDALo3Z52MilTvE=; Message-ID: <811305.76070.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: Z74KDUoVM1mhpCkugzd5vVJHxGNIHxtIMkm_zqOwBKnz0dw jDA3fGvJWQoLcLbpQ9SjsETM2o_Wl3sKpcqcax9x9S85cg8mxUqZpaWizA4g Z_xnCfoxmQyvOiTRQ_EzGCN2keJO7Zxu2dklHBjhRpn6itItcpRqCKABq53k S2L0IDrYc5TAKtylYY1I9JW2fi9lCWsMzX6h6wj_.T4ADLES27VOTEvftZGN HehCToO2Uy.i.KA9CJF37aigT1baYsLNZX.FL.3Ejvjc_5zWazfGJHe7Bi1U brhqI.alQJNDeVqYG0y4XyUzy.hh51d892ofuYpj38IXABIajKM8RTg-- Received: from [173.84.5.162] by web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:17:42 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/10.0.8 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:17:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Short To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:01:39 +0000 Subject: wdm doesn't start windowing manager. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:17:44 -0000 Has anybody had this problem and fixed it? wdm runs my ~/.xsession file; but no X-applications run. It just runs past them and returns to the wdm login screen. Currently I am running xdm; but it's kind of bland and spicing it up requires a very steep learning curve. ====== "What did you do?" the man holding the flashlight asked. "I put down a spider," he said, wondering why the man didn't see; in the beam of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. "So it could get away."