Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:56:02 -0500 From: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get logged in with xdm Message-ID: <200004190256.VAA50924@set.spradley.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:08:35 %2B0200." <11784.955955315@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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> On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:36:11 EST, Ted Spradley wrote: > > > The xdm configuration is identical to what I've been using on > > 3.4-stable (and previous) for years, and worked on 4.0-current (before > > the release) and now on 4-stable on an Alpha. > > So you've made sure that your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config (and in > particular, DisplayManager._0.authorize) is identical to the ones you've > used on your working hosts. If so, perhaps you had XDM authorization > compiled in before. Turns out that Robert Withrow <bwithrow@baynetworks.com> answered my question the day before I asked it ;-) I added: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 to my xdm-config and now it works. I guess the 4.0 CD-ROM doesn't have XDM authorization compiled in. > > Try deleting your (possibly stale) ~/.Xauthority . > > Ciao, > Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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