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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sunflower.com!artorius.sunflower.com!gladiatr From: "Stephen D. Spencer" <gladiatr@sunflower.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: xdm.........Going round in circles! Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:21:32 -0500 Organization: Sunflower Cablevision's Datavision USENET Server Lines: 38 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970605082002.1922B-100000@artorius.sunflower.com> References: <5n5kqu$ofd@argon.btinternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: artorius.sunflower.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <5n5kqu$ofd@argon.btinternet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42445 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dirc, Greetings. Look in the .xsession-errors file in your user directory. This will usually display the sorts of errors that result in getting dumped back to the login prompt. Regards, Stephen On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Dirc Evans wrote: > [...] > However, when I try to use xdm, I get the logon screen, and when I logon, > it all loads up.....a few xterms amd the clock etc, and then it shuts down > again and opens up the logon screen..I can never get it working. Like xdm, > the man pages all seem to go round in circles..everything depends on > something else and it is all as clear as mud. > [...] - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - - administrator PGP key. - - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM5a9Z7i3OMdLccvNAQFcRgP/UF5TqY8izt+eCldG6eUNYlB8+qD04+k+ /oQ2fxTyHOk8WeX8vMmj8NgkL54OZr+Ow76u48vGyVktJs3b0s6EXDi4CHucFuwz vQRYza6P9g3ddrWXmjtxx1KYvZbz5OA8jpE/+CjMCsIF4xDjJI7cKI3M0us/tard gm3EK2bt2D8= =TopO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----