Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 20:11:54 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: John Lawson <mage@channelpoint.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't login to the GUI ... login box comes right back Message-ID: <392C6FCA.BF160F4@confusion.net> References: <03E742431696D311BD1B000629382517D434FC@cpex1.channelpoint.com>
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very cursory guess...does the user logging in (presumably you) have a .xsession file? What's in it? That's the first thing that comes to mind. Also, permissions on the file... Laurence John Lawson wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD (current) on a 1Gb vmware virtual disk, and realized > before very long that I'd run out of space very quiickly. Rather than go to > two virtual disks, I decided to create a new empty 2Gb virtual disk, and > copy the contents of the original disk to the new disk, eventually deleting > the old disk. > > I did this ... the trickier parts were easy to accomplish using > /stand/systeminstall (nice utility!). The actual copying of the files I did > with the following command (I had only one, the root, filesystem): > > find -x / -print | cpio -pdamv /mnt/root > > I can boot just fine off the new disk, and have since deleted the old > virtual disk. The trouble I'm having, however, is with the GUI. > > If I comment out the launch of xdm on ttyv8 in /etc/ttys, and log into the > console, and then type startx, I get a nice GUI and everything seems to be > working fine ... but, I want the GUI to launch at boot time, of course. > > So ... I put the line for ttyv8 and xdm back into /etc/ttys (as documented > somewhere on http://www.freebsd.org/, and now I get the login/password > window just after booting. > > When I log into that window, however, the window disappears (as you'd > expect), the system thinks for a little while (20 seconds), and then the > login box comes right back. > > I can't find a log file anywhere which might be displaying the error ... > > Can anyone give me a pointer to where to look? If this were VMS, I could > definitely chase down the various log files to find the solution, but, alas, > I am new to this U*ix world, and need some help. > > John Lawson > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 2000 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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