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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
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	     (from stephen farrell <stephen+usenet@farrell.org>)
	     (at Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:00:59 GMT)
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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.