Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:40:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: dorseb@hol.fr Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem starting xdm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809061839450.18759-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199809011536.RAA18712@mail1.hol.fr>
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On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 dorseb@hol.fr wrote: > I bought freeBSD 2.2.6. When I log on it (ascii mode) I log on it > well as root. I can start graphic interphace with startx with > afterstep. > To start xdm I made all the modifications that are advised in the > book the complete freebsd 2.2.6 to set xdm (Ch 15: Setting up your > FreeBsd desktop p 229). > When I start xdm, I have an interface that ask me my > login and my password. The problem is that when I enter my login and > my password in it the interface (1) change itself for a weird screen > and then it comes back to the first interface (cf 1). Copy ~/.xinitrc to ~/.xsesion, make sure ~/.xsession is executable, then try it. xdm uses a different startup file than startx. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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