Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:50:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: Mike <bigmike@Mlink.NET> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: xdm Message-ID: <199907291750.MAA00498@beowulf.utmb.edu> In-Reply-To: <37A09297.345C96F5@Mlink.NET> References: <37A09297.345C96F5@Mlink.NET>
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Mike writes: > I've tried configuring xdm like they say in the faq and handbook > In /etc/rc.conf.local I added: echo " xdm"; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > and in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers I added: :0 local > /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt03 > > I reboot my box I get the xdm login prompt and I type my username and > passwd, when I press enter it seems like xdm restarts agin asking > username and passwd over again .. and it keeps on doing it over and over > .. > > what did I miss ? > > thanks > Mike > > Check the xdm error log file, but I bet one of the scripts does not have the execute bit set. -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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