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Date:      Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:19:57 +0000 (UTC)
From:      John Mills <johnmills@speakeasy.net>
To:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Grumpy 'xdm' won't take logins
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401020911160.5667-100000@otter.localdomain>

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Freebies -

I just finished a fairly lightweight ftp installation of 5.1-Release and
want to offer an X11 login screen. Basic XF86 seems to work fine. I
followed the 'Configuring xdm' instructions in Greg Lehey's
_Complete_FreeBSD_, ch.17, but didn't get quite all the way home.

I get the X11 login screen, mouse moves OK, but I never seem to focus the 
username or password entry panels so that my keystrokes are seen. Neither 
can I change to one of the other vt's (though I get 'bell' sounds on those 
which should exist). The server seems to have gone both modal and deaf.

Suggestions appreciated.

TIA.

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu



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