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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XFrCusePROBLEM : Xfree resetting on user login
Date: 22 Jun 1995 13:49:45 +0200
Organization: Private U**x site, Dresden.
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In article <3s8p0j$j7o@oege.htsa.hva.nl>,
Arjan Maks <arjanma@htsa.htsa.hva.nl> wrote:
>Here's the problem :
>
>whenever a user tries to login on X, the X server resets itself.
>The only one able to login is root...
The .xsession file of the user is mangled. Try starting a `failsafe'
session by entering the password with Control-Return or <F1> instead
of a plain return.
Watch the xdm-errors output (normally in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm) for
error messages.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)