Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:48:00 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using xdm and twm on freebsd 6.2 Message-ID: <20070406114800.a8f2fa29.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <1175820670.8742.58.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com> References: <1175788574.8742.29.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com> <20070405173926.GO10291@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <1175820670.8742.58.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com>
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On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:51:10 -0400 Jim Seymour <jim@wingbarscafe.com> wrote: > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, > should be 1; fixinng. This message is harmless. > AUDIT: Thu Apr 5 20:40:04 2007: 726 X: client 2 rejected from local > host Hmm, it seems your session isn't authorized. Have you changed any of the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm ? If not, you should have a directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles which should contaion one or more files. Mine is root@kg-jobbpc3# ll /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles/* -rw------- 1 root wheel 89 Apr 5 22:06 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-dZ6s4M > When I boot it loads xdm. When I try to log in, the screen goes blank > and then comes back to the login screen. Ideas.... This is what it does if for any reason your session can't get started. 'man xdm' contains a lot of info.... What does the messages in /var/log/xdm.log say? HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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