Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 15:58:46 +0200 From: Rolf Nielsen <rmg1970swe@gmail.com> To: Avinash Sonawane <rootkea@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to login to FreeBSD + xorg + xdm system Message-ID: <554CC116.802@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ9BSW_vBK8pnLEbY8gr7trdxLLgF=UFOPpeKU3EcXwjNUM=LQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ9BSW_vBK8pnLEbY8gr7trdxLLgF=UFOPpeKU3EcXwjNUM=LQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-05-08 15:10, Avinash Sonawane wrote: > Hello! > > I am using FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE. Today I installed x11/xorg and > also x11/xdm and them made changes to /etc/ttys as instructed in > the Handbook > (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html#idp63498576) > > But now I am unable to login in the system. When I boot the system > a big rectangle (xdm) pops up as a login screen and when I enter > my credentials (username and password) it simply returns back (like > the box got refreshed) and again asks for the credentials. > > No matter how many time I provide the credentials it simply pops > up again and again. > > I tried with normal user account as well as root account. > > And now I am not able to login in the system at all. Please help. > Hit Ctrl + Alt + F1 to get to a console. Log in as root, and check /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and .xsession-errors in the home directory of the user you are trying to log in to X as. Somewhere in one of those files (probably .xsession-errors) there should be something that tells you what is wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVTMEIAAoJEPJMW41Co4JgelQP/ROC9RkldbYNJk5nasx/7+sd SYTihSWPoFnI83bMtiKavpB0otWKK6nAuhiqMLxhousTkTTOcgEpLEBt11T9Fd9d wlZuIXryiFMHPbAj+AwMUXLz3/W0E3Uac13p5tdCDUX9Fc4C6PrqijXr0+CdtfsS MMDkpJGPwFJCxp5wScxKdGxGnaj4AabtdxIgaMwLehrqezjfNhDBcx/THPVewsx/ sk7llQePibPa+tv2cEH26oek6+Z2EI8grzZsBspKt+0zJfuzoL8uWe0TB9W2W+qW Y3sh6gkftxKNYEJPZQ/heNdaqKnNSnMS2x3wz+6HD9cZBjCPjRbqzWxuzRWv6N8t 7SrVz59rRGQFNak7RaeCwGudKIqGp/fXkoFeSbLITcuMSsb0aafXsNjRPbmL0Jw7 GGSab8lHiahonMuavN2ze2OXvWjZvdhUK39dY9pS3infFxP3azGTqOOad2N8yZB2 WeJQXqSmO0ULOAtW/A0XlYc21lmiYALXePfdZD5QZa+CY7GhQLHZUnUlkDXhc3m8 t/ZwuI4KVhAVFI6zP9JXxuutlakmknoeI7RzcwOpiX1stB0zJgKn9gHfnlTSqyOb PqezIYrrTUHcGZvidUo3Bfvzx5FPgz2aPRR6q7MQWOgKANnPRXUOuoPA1Guw98/d oHyphVKdErCc39JzphsI =6MVS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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