Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 23:06:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm doesn't work Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902182304450.61913-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199902182231.QAA11232@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Ted Spradley wrote: > Has anyone got xdm working? If I run startx from a root shell the X > server comes up just fine, with working xterms, but when I run xdm the > screen switches modes, draws the background, then goes blank and then > back to the vty. The xdm process is still there, but no X server > process, and no clue in the xdm-errors file. > > This is 4.0 current as of last week, with XFree86 built from the port > with Doug Rabson's patch, running on an AS200-4/233 with a Diamond S3 > Trio64 board and the XF86_S3 server. I haven't tried it to be honest. I tried kdm once which put up a login dialog but refused to start a session. I never managed to find the time to debug it though. I suggest recompiling xdm with debug information and digging in with gdb :-) -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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