Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:35:48 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz> To: "Gallagher, Mick" <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot login as root using xdm in 3.4R Message-ID: <20000429083548.A4163@jonc.itouch.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <D76D503DE976D1119C7E00A0C944D87501CA7F6D@RSYS002A>; from mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk on Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:55:37PM %2B0100 References: <D76D503DE976D1119C7E00A0C944D87501CA7F6D@RSYS002A>
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On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:55:37PM +0100, Gallagher, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just installed release 3.4, and am now trying to sort out my X login. > > If I login as root, and run 'xdm -nodaemon', then the login screen appears > and I am able to login as a user successfully. > > However, if I try to login as root via the xdm screen, then I am just > returned to the login screen again. Try creating a /root/.xsession file with something like: #!/bin/sh exec twm and make sure it has the execute bit set. ie: chmod 755 /root/.xsession -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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