From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 00:14:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F32C637B404 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.cordis.lu (mail.cordis.lu [212.190.217.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A9443FAF for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:14:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from a.carter@cordis.lu) Received: from mailsvr.intrasoft.lu (mail.intrasoft.lu [212.190.217.251]) by mail.cordis.lu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2V8H9qE032153 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:17:09 +0200 Received: by mail.intrasoft.lu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:12:07 +0200 Received: from intra241.intrasoft.lu (212.190.217.170 [212.190.217.170]) by mailsvr.intrasoft.lu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59) id HXZK8N0Y; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:12:02 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Organization: Intrasoft Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:19:53 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303311019.53522.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-126.1 required=4.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Re: kdm & xdm problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:14:38 -0000 You do not need the wrapper to login via kdm or gdm. What version are you using of gdm? Versions prior to 2 of GDM can be launched from ttys, but the latest versions require (are recommended???) the shell script that is installed to be run. Anthony On Sunday 30 March 2003 05:08, Dane Butler wrote: > Hey, my name is Dane. > > I have been a Linux user for a few years and have been trying out FreeBSD > 5.0, but there is a problem. I edited the /etc/ttys file as instructed to > make kdm (and xdm) boot, but as soon as i login, x crashes and reboots, how > do i get around this? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"