From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 8 13:58:51 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37AD72FA for ; Fri, 8 May 2015 13:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x234.google.com (mail-la0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFA1D1C44 for ; Fri, 8 May 2015 13:58:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by labbd9 with SMTP id bd9so53324077lab.2 for ; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:58:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=s1iYOyESx756e8qobmWiiQjmvzRhn+gYxcbd3fhfhTM=; b=wzK8vDoiRkRKAiaJHPQSBqzozLsI/EC8BdpzTErY10l6Go9N2oYIekbzktWMPwtXII jsY/sIQILg6MbPfhMj6IxFfJWHAw3KZRRLdeWXJdeIbLGcKHHpQTTZm9pVgfNHBWui51 sn0QcArgrbWKssICHJJzPzE8onVduqZEM4l988mbJQJ3jDjgn/DDoP6EB85bMOAk1nlx YpZ7MDNR4a75JP/hbi/nP7bnFd0HML50V05/q3SEXc6z9+2ne0PtfoGmcrX+DFdVuWYY Iht+vjiML/l5P1MJGCd9jggsUVS2oYfZz6+bNHSNzrRiybVyduREdgah0pIpt8yNgAie cHew== X-Received: by 10.152.170.136 with SMTP id am8mr3118158lac.102.1431093528777; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:58:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lazlar.no-ip.biz (79.138.130.110.mobile.tre.se. [79.138.130.110]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id zf3sm1197060lbb.2.2015.05.08.06.58.46 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 08 May 2015 06:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <554CC116.802@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 15:58:46 +0200 From: Rolf Nielsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Avinash Sonawane , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to login to FreeBSD + xorg + xdm system References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 13:58:51 -0000 -----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-----