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Date:      Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:43:48 +1000
From:      Ivan Carey <ivan@careytech.com.au>
To:        Andriy Babiy <ABabiy@shaw.ca>
Cc:        Ivan Rambius Ivanov <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Unable to login using KDE
Message-ID:  <46332564.2030600@careytech.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200704280138.17842.ABabiy@shaw.ca>
References:  <89ce7f740704260143h1d5e2e8bia9008835b5379e1f@mail.gmail.com>	<20070426193952.GD5788@osiris.chen.org.nz> <200704280138.17842.ABabiy@shaw.ca>

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Andriy Babiy wrote:
>>> I am debugging a (seemingly) KDE-related problem on a FreeBSD laptop.
>>> The version of FreeBSD is 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #0. I am starting in in
>>> debug mode. It is using kdm as a login screen. The corresponding line
>>> in /etc/ttys is
>>>
>>> ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
>>>
>>> The problem is: when I type the username and password and try to login
>>> it returns me to the login screen again.
>>>       
>> What are the contents of your ~/.xsession? Check ~/.xsession-errors as
>> well.
>>     
>
> Do you use alpha-numeric symbols only in your password? The keyboard layout 
> in kde might be different, so the same keys can generate different input. 
> Try something simple and see if it works.
>
> Andriy
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I'm using kdm ok with the line in /etc/ttys
ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/kdm"   xterm   on   secure

Ivan



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