Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 12:01:29 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: Irving Popovetsky <irvingp@puck.nether.net>, Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: remote xdm problems Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980504120129.00824100@midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <19980503202856.A3873@puck.nether.net> References: <354CFE13.B83FB78B@voicenet.com> <19980503183312.A1996@puck.nether.net> <354CFE13.B83FB78B@voicenet.com>
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Have you looked at the debug option for xdm?? -debug debug_level Specifies the numeric value for the DisplayMan- ager.debugLevel resource. A non-zero value causes xdm to print lots of debugging statements to the terminal; it also disables the DisplayManager.dae- monMode resource, forcing xdm to run synchronously. To interpret these debugging messages, a copy of the source code for xdm is almost a necessity. No attempt has been made to rationalize or standardize the output. At 08:28 PM 5/3/98 -0400, Irving Popovetsky wrote: >Okay, I removed it from /etc/ttys, and moved it over into /etc/rc.local >(per the FAQ entry that I just found). > >for testing purposes, I even booted my NT box into FreeBSD-current (about >a month-old build.... but it does SMP just fine) and tried running >/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query watchtower (watchtower being my 486). > >It did the same thing. the session died after a minute, just as >predicted, and immediatly the xdm logon screen popped back up. > >I dont understand why it starts up just fine, and then dies after a while. >what could be going wrong? > >-Irving > > >Peter Schwenk dared to say: > >> Irving: >> >> I've read that it's not a good idea to start xdm in the /etc/ttys file. I >> start mine with a script in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. There is a setting, >> local_startup, in the /etc/rc.conf file that lists this directory as one of >> the directory that the bootup scripts search in for local startup scripts. I >> don't know if moving the startup of xdm out of /etc/ttys will help you or >> not, but I figured I'd add this tidbit. >> >> Irving Popovetsky wrote: >> >> > Howdy, >> > >> > At home, I have networked together my a 486 with 32 megs of ram >> > running FreeBSD-stable, which doesnt do anything but run PPP and ipfw to >> > my NT box. I got the idea to set up my NT box with eXceed(from >> > hummingbird communications), which is arguably the best commercial >> > X-server package available for windows, to run an xdm query over to the >> > FreeBSD box. >> > >> > well, everything works great and dandy.... except for one problem. the >> > xsession dies after about a minute or two .... usually without even an >> > error message. I have tried with different wm's, everything from fvwm to >> > afterstep to kde ..... and I tried messing with the SYSV stuff (SHM, etc) >> > .... but that makes it die even faster sometimes. >> > >> > at first I suspected the NT machine to be at fault (naturally :), so I >> > tried different X servers (but only x-win40 from starnet communications >> > did xdm queries) ... but I managed to replicate the problem, so I'm >> > wondering if the FreeBSD box is doing something funny. >> > >> > note: xdm is being started from /etc/ttys, like it is in the standard >> > install: >> > ttyv7 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure >> > >> > any suggestions? >> > >> > Thanks a million, >> > >> > -- >> > >> > -Irving Popovetsky >> > ANS Communications - BigDial Operations Assistant >> > Pioneer High School - Webmaster http://pioneer.citi.umich.edu >> > >> > grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange >> > Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally >> > `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok >> > in fullness'. 1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes >> > intimate and exhaustive knowledge. >> > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Schwenk >> schwenk@voicenet.com >> FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD >> Visit www.FreeBSD.ORG ! >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >-Irving Popovetsky > ANS Communications - BigDial Operations Assistant > Pioneer High School - Webmaster http://pioneer.citi.umich.edu > > grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange >Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally >`to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok >in fullness'. 1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes >intimate and exhaustive knowledge. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > <smaller>The beer is too cold, the daiquiris too fruitful, there's no place like home! Jimmy Buffett "The weather is here, Wish you were beautiful" Jon Lyons parrothd@midwest.net 87 HONDA VFR700 http://cplkagan.dyn.ml.org/</smaller> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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