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#! rnews 2283 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X-Windows problem.... Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 22:52:44 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 33 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <2454f6b9.u9t27e.7600f@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <879126lvno.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> (from stephen farrell <stephen+usenet@farrell.org>) (at Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:00:59 GMT) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39764 Deke Swallen <deke@efn.org> writes: > > I've been having trouble with X windows.... > > When I type at the prompt: xdm > > it will take me to a visual login, then when I login it will give m= e this > > wierd screen....and then go back to the login prompt...that's all i= t does > > and I'm forced to flip the switch to reboot.... > > If anybody has any ideas plese tell me... If I remember correctly, XDM requires the userid/passwd of the user whi= ch started it, from the system console where XDM was initiated, despite th= e generic logon screen. I had to log on AS root, and ONLY as root. Then I would get the Xsession setup (be default: TWM). Thiw was when there was= =20NO other X-session going (XDM then "grabs" the console and keyboard). In the long run, unless you want to provide YOUR X-windows environment = for some other X-terminal, I wouldn't bother with XDM. The STARTX command i= s much better for direct/on-system-console X-windows initiation. You also can run STARTX as any user (ie; you don't have to be root). Later, once you have X up and running, if you want to provide your X environment for remote X-terminals, then you can easily start up XDM, i= t will see that X is already running, and then go into background-daemon mode, acting as a proxy X-server.