From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 19:57:45 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 25714106566C for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9298FC19 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:57:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so1208724qwi.7 for ; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AOSMrcniR1fWTfZzycVZWc7+k0ia1Tjaizw7V1iwbHE=; b=YQRr94Ux7a3CkOwK+WwjRLIF0Lq2tKsaVNcfUiPWtcaN2+bduznVlSL87mFU4j1xBv j4+fo1pqwG0RU3SeUkIJs6wB2BGpRLnM93ZghY+77UxgtduGZwYLXzwuFvzRZMiaYR1S WVYFZnXuXyN1RJ3cMOCuyqd6Sc7Ht8nRAMkow= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=lPV1NIHmXcVuzzxQ8gxPnqwyX6TEt/4+R26rSiFqpGOLq1ndbtFB/t6vIJI29qBmE4 JvBItrVHui+0QPrJ8Mi5D+UhKfveiTh2E8iqhtEAJ7JLj17MAIynECxUqYwLoaUbsCwg djz0JJhphRgXYcor47bDxKeAPOR0vD+M9abe4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.85.147 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:57:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <811305.76070.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <811305.76070.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:57:43 -0500 Received: by 10.229.81.81 with SMTP id w17mr747803qck.4.1270843063964; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:57:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Neil Short Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 19:57:45 -0000 On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Neil Short 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. -- Adam Vande More