Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:55:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie Message-ID: <20021017185544.20280.qmail@web13505.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210171359250.17343-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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> > wud it be better to comment out all the ttyv8 lines and start XFree86 as a normal user, and > then > > start windowmaker? > > > > i really cant make xdm to work... > > any suggestions? > > > > There's a thorough HowTo on setting up a display manager (e.g. xdm, kdm, > ...) here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > > I can't think of any reason why it won't work if you follow the > instructions. Note that X *must* load properly for xdm to work properly. > If you need to test and setup X first, use an xinitrc file, e.g.: > > $ echo "exec wmaker" > /home/user/.xinitrc > > and then try 'startx'. The Handbook page above should get you going with > xdm. > i have followed the instructions on the HB and they didnt work, thats why i came up with the insecure method... startx gives similar errors to the ones mentioned in the original msg. any ideas why? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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