Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:52:42 +0000 From: Kevin <kweiss@jump.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: having problems with .xsession for FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <0003676d16ded5db_mailit@smtp.jump.net> In-Reply-To: <20000513125649.A47176@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> References: <000367531020275f_mailit@smtp.jump.net> <0003675c5c84c2b6_mailit@smtp.jump.net> <20000512215235.A39310@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <00036761bdcd6d18_mailit@smtp.jump.net> <20000513125649.A47176@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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I am not sure what PAM support is, but you are correct in that initially installed X from the 4.0 CD. I then reran xf86config in the root shell, and got startx to run (and it still does). Other than changing the necessary line in /etc/ttys, that's about all I've done related to X. Kevin Weiss kweiss@jump.net >On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 01:20:23AM +0000, Kevin wrote: >> Here is what showed up in the .xsession-errors file: >> ############ >> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server >> BaseDisplay::BaseDisplay: connection to X server failed. >> ############ > >There's your problem. The server does not think you have the >authorization to connect to the server. My first guess would be that >you built X with PAM support. However, I seem to recall that error >being worded slightly differently, and from what you said, I assume >you installed X from the 4.0 CD? I've been snooping in the X sources >and found parts of the error, but it's rather complicated in >there. Have you done any other customizations to the setup? > >> The TMPDIR info that you mentioned never showed up in the >> /tmp directory. > >That is where errors end up if for some reason, xdm cannot write >to .xsession-errors. > >> I also tried copying Xsession (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/ >> Xsession) to .xsession, adding the window manager statements on the root >> directory. That didn't work either. > >I would not expect it to. What you should do to try the most basic >setup is not copy Xsession to .xsession, but rather just go with no >.xsession at all. > >> PS - Blackbox is just another window manager. > >OK. Does not look like it is the issue. > >> >On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:55:16PM +0000, Kevin wrote: >> >> Let me rephrase this. Can someone tell me what I can do to >> >> correct the problem with my .xsession file? >> >> >> >> Kevin Weiss >> >> kweiss@jump.net >> >> >> >> >Hello all, >> >> > >> >> >I just received FreeBSD 4.0, and I am trying to get X Window (in >> >particular, >> >> >xdm) to read my .xsession file. >> >> > >> >> >First, here is my .xsession file. This one is from another machine >> >> >I have running FreeBSD 3.4: >> >> > >> >> >#!/bin/sh >> >> ># $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ >> >> > >> >> >userresources=$HOME/.Xresources >> >> >usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap >> >> >sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources >> >> >sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap >> >> > >> >> ># merge in defaults and keymaps >> >> > >> >> >if [ -f $sysresources ]; then >> >> > xrdb -merge $sysresources >> >> >fi >> >> > >> >> >if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then >> >> > xmodmap $sysmodmap >> >> >fi >> >> > >> >> >if [ -f $userresources ]; then >> >> > xrdb -merge $userresources >> >> >fi >> >> > >> >> >if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then >> >> > xmodmap $usermodmap >> >> >fi >> >> > >> >> ># start some nice programs >> >> > >> >> >xterm -geometry 80x24-240+180 & >> >> >blackbox >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >It is not reading my .xsession file, so everytime I try to login, >> >> >xdm just returns me back to the login screen. I checked to make sure >my >> >> >.xsession file was executable (it was-- chmod 544), and even tried >> linking >> >> >.xsession to .xinitrc (didn't work). Startx runs fine with >> >> >any of my installed window managers, so I at least know that X Window >> >> >is working. Could this be a problem with my path (or lack thereof)? >> >> > >> >> >Thank you in advance! >> > >> >Is there anything in .xsession-errors? (Or $TMPDIR/xses-$USER or >> >/tmp/xses-$USER?) >> > >> >Excuse me if I should know this, but what is "blackbox?" Is this >> >command present on your system? What does it do? >> >-- >> >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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