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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:57:43 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wdm doesn't start windowing manager.
Message-ID:  <g2h6201873e1004091257hb001429k2a3028281ba6afb3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <811305.76070.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References:  <811305.76070.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

I've had issue with desktop environment in the past with similar behavior.
Usually for me is was a permissions problem, but you should be able to turn
up logging verbosity to figure out where your specific issue is.



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Adam Vande More



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