Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:21:43 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Session Menu" xdm/gdm problem Message-ID: <44861C17.4080400@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060606222146.GC67071@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20060605214709.GC32248@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <4484EAE9.50108@computer.org> <20060606222146.GC67071@malcolm.berkeley.edu>
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Mike Hunter wrote: > On Jun 05 at 21:39, "Eric Schuele" wrote: > >> Mike Hunter wrote: >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> I'm having a frustrating X problem. I installed X via portupgrade and >>> hacked /etc/ttys to enable xdm. I can log in successfully both as root >>> and as a non-priv user, but either way I get to a screen that says: >>> >>> Session Menu >>> >>> Load Session # Delete Session # Break Lock # Default/Fail Safe # Cancel >>> >>> But if I disable xdm and simply use startx, it launches X and my window >>> manager fine. I tried deleting my .xinitrc but that didn't help. >>> >>> I have a feeling some X component isn't in place. I tried compiling gdm >>> as a replacement but that didn't help (same symptoms). I was able to run >>> gdmsetup (or was it gdmconfig?) by logging into gdm in fail-safe mode, and >>> I could change some of the GDM settings, but I didn't see anything that I >>> could twist to fix the problem. >>> >>> FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE May 12 >>> xorg-6.9.0 >>> >> For xdm: >> copy your .xinitrc to .xsession and see if that helps. >> >> gdm: >> is a bit more complicated. > > Thanks! It did fix the xdm side and it did not (as you predicted) fix > gdm. NP. Glad it fixed it. > > What am I missing? What's supposed to be the difference between .xinitrc > and .xsession? The difference... well... for your intents and purposes, .xinitrc is run via 'startx', while .xsession is used by xdm. But that's not really a good answer to the question. Google will be your friend here. > > How would I fix it for gdm? Try this: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-April/119887.html > > Thanks again! > > Mike > -- Regards, Eric
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