Re: XDM cannot start desktop after Xorg upgrade

2013-06-19 Thread Leslie Jensen
2013-06-09 07:46, Leslie Jensen skrev: 2013-06-08 17:28, Polytropon skrev: On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:20:56 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: I've been using XDM as login manager for years. Since the latest Xorg upgrade, XDM cannot start XFCE4 as it used to. Strange that this happens aft

Re: XDM cannot start desktop after Xorg upgrade

2013-06-08 Thread Leslie Jensen
2013-06-08 17:28, Polytropon skrev: On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:20:56 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: I've been using XDM as login manager for years. Since the latest Xorg upgrade, XDM cannot start XFCE4 as it used to. Strange that this happens after an upgrade. What initalization mechanism d

Re: XDM cannot start desktop after Xorg upgrade

2013-06-08 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:20:56 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > I've been using XDM as login manager for years. Since the latest Xorg > upgrade, XDM cannot start XFCE4 as it used to. Strange that this happens after an upgrade. What initalization mechanism do you use for your X sessi

XDM cannot start desktop after Xorg upgrade

2013-06-08 Thread Leslie Jensen
I've been using XDM as login manager for years. Since the latest Xorg upgrade, XDM cannot start XFCE4 as it used to. What happens is that after I've given my password and hit enter, the screen goes black and after a while it returns to the XDM log in dialogue. I've att

remote connections to xdm

2012-10-18 Thread James D. Parra
Hello, I set up xdm on a server (FreeBSD 9)and I can connect to it from any machine on the same local network as the server, but not from computers on different network, for example networks connected via a tunnel. Is there something to be added in /etc/hosts.allow or in the xdm config files

SOLVED: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
adding DisplayManager*authName:MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 solves the problem. Do you have any data about preparations that gdm do? The Handbook mentions /proc to be mounted, but that's not related. The settings gdm_enable="YES" gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf would

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:40:44 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> after loggin in it just exits. no .xsession-errors is created. no idea > >> where to seek error messages at all. > > > > Maybe errors are reported to the 1st virtual terminal > > where the

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
to the 1st virtual terminal where the XDM process outputs its messages to (currently not running xdm, so I can't check). there are imho nowhere. Do you have gdm_enable="YES" gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, and /proc mounted, as suggested in the Handboo

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:19:15 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > i run xdm normally. after logging it runs my $HOME/.xsession that starts > things like fvwm2 > > i wanted to run gnome-session once, changed fvwm2 to > /usr/local/bin/gnome-sessions

xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
i run xdm normally. after logging it runs my $HOME/.xsession that starts things like fvwm2 i wanted to run gnome-session once, changed fvwm2 to /usr/local/bin/gnome-sessions after loggin in it just exits. no .xsession-errors is created. no idea where to seek error messages at all. with

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-07-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
and xdm executes ~/.xession. In fact, I have a "cascade" xdm file specified in xdm-config default file Xsession try running ~/.xsession otherwise run other defaults. nothing is hardwired. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-07-04 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:40:05 +0200, uki wrote: > 2012/7/4 Polytropon : > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:27:21 -0700 (PDT), sw2wolf wrote: > >> I am using slim to login which can choose Window Manager by pressing F1 > >> key. > >> Can XDM choose Window Manager when l

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-07-04 Thread uki
2012/7/4 Polytropon : > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:27:21 -0700 (PDT), sw2wolf wrote: >> I am using slim to login which can choose Window Manager by pressing F1 key. >> Can XDM choose Window Manager when loginning ? > > No, xdm cannot do this. But as far as I remember, wdm can

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-07-03 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:27:21 -0700 (PDT), sw2wolf wrote: > I am using slim to login which can choose Window Manager by pressing F1 key. > Can XDM choose Window Manager when loginning ? No, xdm cannot do this. But as far as I remember, wdm can -- it has some look & feel of the original C

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-07-03 Thread sw2wolf
I am using slim to login which can choose Window Manager by pressing F1 key. Can XDM choose Window Manager when loginning ? Reagrds! - e^(π.i) + 1 = 0 -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Understanding-XDM-tp5721476p5724072.html Sent from the freebsd

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-06-25 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:19:54 +0200 Christian Graulund wrote: > The others have answered your questions concerning DM v. WM, but if you are finding XDM annoying to configure, you may possible wish to take a look at slim, x11/slim. ___ free

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-06-24 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:19:54 +0200, Christian Graulund wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I just install FreeBSD 9, and after compiling Xorg, I started trying to > figure out how to install a Window Manager. > When Following the handbook, I suggest installing XDM. I want to use > some

Understanding XDM

2012-06-24 Thread Robert Huff
Christian Graulund writes: > I just install FreeBSD 9, and after compiling Xorg, I started trying to > figure out how to install a Window Manager. > When Following the handbook, I suggest installing XDM. Assuming we're talking about the same xdm ... your first probl

Re: Understanding XDM

2012-06-24 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:19:54 +0200, Christian Graulund wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I just install FreeBSD 9, and after compiling Xorg, I started trying to > figure out how to install a Window Manager. > When Following the handbook, I suggest installing XDM. I want to use > somethin

Understanding XDM

2012-06-24 Thread Christian Graulund
Hello Guys, I just install FreeBSD 9, and after compiling Xorg, I started trying to figure out how to install a Window Manager. When Following the handbook, I suggest installing XDM. I want to use something like Openbox, as my window manager, and I can't figure out if Openbox is a replacemen

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-04 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Polytropon wrote: > While I found that generic > UNIX knowledge was applicable everywhere, "Linux knowledge" > was not, as you could see from file names and locations, > procedures, and configuration statements which could not > be transferred 1:1 between the system

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-04 Thread Polytropon
Readers will surely see more and more people having similar reasons why those who happily use FreeBSD do not want to go back to Linux, or even worse, "Windows". I may include myself here, with the special case that I've never been a "Windows" user, so my mind is clean and healthy and unspoiled of M

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-04 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 03:28:10PM +0100, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote: > > Later, I tried OpenSolaris and FreeBSD and am now using FreeBSD due to > the same reasons as Chad Perrin stated: Being a power-user, wanting to > control things and (now diverting from Chad's reasons) wanting to use > technol

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-04 Thread Christopher J. Ruwe
On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:01:10 -0500 "John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell" wrote: > [snip] > If anyone would like to quickly comment I'd love to hear why bsd > would be a better choice than ubantu (for what audience it is better). > > Thanks all, > > John > > __

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-04 Thread RW
On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:01:10 -0500 "John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell" wrote: > Hi. I'm a BSD idiot I use [Debian] linux. > > rc.d question > > I'm trying to release a project (just below) to the widest possible > unix audience. I need a line in "/etc/inittab" and to have a > start/stop in

Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 05:01:10PM -0500, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: > > Hi. I'm a BSD idiot I use [Debian] linux. [snip] > > If anyone would like to quickly comment I'd love to hear why bsd would > be a better choice than ubantu (for what audience it is better). FreeBSD is

xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice

2011-03-03 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
sure the project is good enough to warrant further testing / if the casual user might save time / effort with it. Tell me what you think if you have time! Who doesn't want feedback? http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdm-options/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/xdm-options/ (second has ht

Re: XDM not showing login screen

2010-12-31 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 06:07:34PM +0100, Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to get my XDMCP to work, but for some reason the XDM daemon > doesn't reply to XDMCP requests. > > I see the XDMCP packet arriving on my xdm server > > harley# tcpdump port 177 > tcp

Re: XDM not showing login screen

2010-12-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 31/12/2010 7:07 μ.μ., Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to get my XDMCP to work, but for some reason the XDM daemon > doesn't reply to XDMCP requests. > > I see the XDMCP packet arriving on my xdm server > > harley# tcpdump port 177 > tcpdump: verbose outpu

XDM not showing login screen

2010-12-31 Thread Alain G. Fabry
Hi, I'm trying to get my XDMCP to work, but for some reason the XDM daemon doesn't reply to XDMCP requests. I see the XDMCP packet arriving on my xdm server harley# tcpdump port 177 tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on bge0, link-t

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-06 Thread Robert Huff
Polytropon writes: > A small addition: In order to be able to use X with an > initialisation file even when not using XDM (i. e. starting X by > "startx") AND not having to maintain two startup files (.xsession > and .xinitrc) AND furthermore incorporating shell settin

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-05 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:56 -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 03/05/10 08:46, Frank Shute wrote: > > > If you read the manpage for xdm(1) you will see that the script that > > is run on login is ~/.xsession > > > > Try putting "exec wmaker" in t

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-05 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/05/10 08:46, Frank Shute wrote: > If you read the manpage for xdm(1) you will see that the script that > is run on login is ~/.xsession > > Try putting "exec wmaker" in there. > > To run xdm from boot, you have to edit /etc/ttys and then: > > # kill -

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-05 Thread Frank Shute
x27;t seem to be the case > >> anymore. > > > > twm is still enabled by default as part of the x11/xorg-apps port. > > I can confirm that, and I too have problems with XDM despite having > 'exec wmaker' in my .xinitrc in my home directory (sometimes

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-04 Thread Programmer In Training
f the x11/xorg-apps port. I can confirm that, and I too have problems with XDM despite having 'exec wmaker' in my .xinitrc in my home directory (sometimes XDM will kick me out to the login, sometimes it will just take me to a blank session wherein I can do nothing). I'd like to use XDM and

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-04 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:30:05 +0100, n dhert wrote: Installed a fresh FreeBSD-8.0, xorg, configured xorg for my screen, installed xdm. After reboot I see a graphical login window. When entering username and password, it seems to accept it, but immediatly

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-04 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:30:05 +0100, n dhert wrote: > Installed a fresh FreeBSD-8.0, xorg, configured xorg for my screen, > installed xdm. > After reboot I see a graphical login window. When entering username and > password, it seems to accept it, but immediatly present the graphical lo

xorg, xdm, desktop env

2010-03-04 Thread n dhert
Installed a fresh FreeBSD-8.0, xorg, configured xorg for my screen, installed xdm. After reboot I see a graphical login window. When entering username and password, it seems to accept it, but immediatly present the graphical login window again. (In console mode (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I can login at the

Re: Re: xdm and xdmcp

2010-01-22 Thread rhino64
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:30:47PM +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 21/01/2010 8:54 μ.μ., rhin...@postmail.ch wrote: > > modifying Xaccess, starting xdm with parameter "udpPort 177". > > > > The command "netstat -a" never indicates that a process is list

Re: xdm and xdmcp

2010-01-21 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:30:47PM +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 21/01/2010 8:54 ??.??., rhin...@postmail.ch wrote: > > Hi All, > >Is-it possible to run xdm with remote access through XDMCP protocol on > > freebsd 8 ? > > > > Yes. I have an entire

Re: xdm and xdmcp

2010-01-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 21/01/2010 8:54 μ.μ., rhin...@postmail.ch wrote: > Hi All, >Is-it possible to run xdm with remote access through XDMCP protocol on > freebsd 8 ? > Yes. I have an entire lab working this way :) > I have tried almost anything: commenting line about port 0 in xdm-config

xdm and xdmcp

2010-01-21 Thread rhino64
Hi All, Is-it possible to run xdm with remote access through XDMCP protocol on freebsd 8 ? I have tried almost anything: commenting line about port 0 in xdm-config, modifying Xaccess, starting xdm with parameter "udpPort 177". The command "netstat -a" never indicat

Re: wdm and xdm problems - related to HAL?

2009-11-10 Thread Polytropon
A little sidenote: On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:06:04 -0800 (PST), Neil Short wrote: > If I am using xdm and I log out of the window manager and then > attempt to shut down the computer - by going to tty 0 and typing > # halt -p - the disk syncs and then the shutdown freezes. You shoul

wdm and xdm problems - related to HAL?

2009-11-10 Thread Neil Short
So I got Xorg working with Hal. Wahoo. If I log in from a display manager I encounter some weird stuff. If I am using xdm and I log out of the window manager and then attempt to shut down the computer - by going to tty 0 and typing # halt -p - the disk syncs and then the shutdown freezes. If I

PAM and xdm woes

2009-10-27 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Hi, Every time I start xdm I get the following message on ttyv0, xdm: pam_sm_close_session(): no utmp record for :0 Everything seems to work just fine. I can log in, and everything runs as expected, so it's basically just an annoyance, especially since I don't know whether I

Automated login, X and xdm

2009-10-09 Thread Polytropon
up. If the user logs out, he should not drop to CLI mode; instead, an xdm login should be shown to allow him (or someone else) to log in and use X. In the past, I created the auto-login as follows: First, I create an entry in /etc/gettytab, right after the "default:" entry; it contai

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould > wrote: > > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places > for > > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. > > At least according to the history of problems with

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places for > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. At least according to the history of problems with X that appeared on this list, /usr/ports/UPDATING hasn't receive

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
Absolutely! (Sent from my iPhone) On May 5, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Andrew Gould wrote: On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 (not an upg

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your > ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 > (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be > very helpful. > It's good,

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be very helpful. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 06 May 2009 00:01:47 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Taking this opportunity, allow me to remind to everyone that the > Handbook is always "work in progress" and it is always useful to check > again sections that you have already read, as new info is added > regularly. This latest addition

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Andrew Gould wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > > >> Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 >> >> > > > me too ;-) > Taking this opportunity, allow me to r

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 > me too ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to > xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press > enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can > Ctrl+

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
I don't have an xorg.conf file. When I installed 7.1-RELEASE on this laptop (exact same machine) I didn't need to configure an xorg.conf file. But I'll certainly try your advice. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.free

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
Hi, Daniel Underwood wrote: Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can Ctrl+Alt+F# to another virtual terminal. Try a

xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can Ctrl+Alt+F# to another virtual terminal. Any ideas? Thanks, D

Re: SOLVED: Re: xdm -debug 1 => Nothing left to do, exiting

2009-02-17 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I think the xdm-config file got overwritten during the port upgrade with the default (secure?) settings. I had to comment out the last setting in xdm-config % tail -3 /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config ! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser

SOLVED: Re: xdm -debug 1 => Nothing left to do, exiting

2009-02-17 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 04:30:49PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:13:08AM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On 6.4-stable alpha I cannot get xdm to become a daemon, it exits > > immediately with empty /var/log/xdm.log. > > > > I trie

Re: xdm -debug 1 => Nothing left to do, exiting

2009-02-17 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:13:08AM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On 6.4-stable alpha I cannot get xdm to become a daemon, it exits > immediately with empty /var/log/xdm.log. > > I tried to use -debug option, and this is the output: > > # xdm -debug 1 > Displa

xdm -debug 1 => Nothing left to do, exiting

2009-02-13 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On 6.4-stable alpha I cannot get xdm to become a daemon, it exits immediately with empty /var/log/xdm.log. I tried to use -debug option, and this is the output: # xdm -debug 1 DisplayManager.errorLogFile/DisplayManager.ErrorLogFile value /var/log/xdm.log DisplayManager.daemonMode

Re: XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Da Rock wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 20:32 +1000, Warren Liddell wrote: AMD64 4gig RAM FreeBSD 7.1 KDE 4.2 I've noticed of late when i have had the misfortune of rebooting this machine due to severre storms and blackouts, when it boots everything loads fine, xdm ini

Re: XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Warren Liddell wrote: AMD64 4gig RAM FreeBSD 7.1 KDE 4.2 I've noticed of late when i have had the misfortune of rebooting this machine due to severre storms and blackouts, when it boots everything loads fine, xdm initates an i get the standard logon screen, however

Re: XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
rms and blackouts, when it boots everything > > loads fine, xdm initates an i get the standard logon screen, however, > > you cant do anything an the mouse dosent work. To solve this issue i go > > to console via CTRL + ALT + F1 kill tthe XDM pid an once it comes back > >

Re: XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Da Rock
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 20:32 +1000, Warren Liddell wrote: > AMD64 4gig RAM FreeBSD 7.1 KDE 4.2 > > I've noticed of late when i have had the misfortune of rebooting this > machine due to severre storms and blackouts, when it boots everything > loads fine, xdm initates an i ge

Re: XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:32:20PM +1000, Warren Liddell wrote: > AMD64 4gig RAM FreeBSD 7.1 KDE 4.2 > > I've noticed of late when i have had the misfortune of rebooting this > machine due to severre storms and blackouts, when it boots everything > loads fine, xdm initates a

XDM login freezes on boot

2009-02-11 Thread Warren Liddell
AMD64 4gig RAM FreeBSD 7.1 KDE 4.2 I've noticed of late when i have had the misfortune of rebooting this machine due to severre storms and blackouts, when it boots everything loads fine, xdm initates an i get the standard logon screen, however, you cant do anything an the mouse dosent

Re: xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-09 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 09:39:23PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: > > > Anton Shterenlikht skrev: > > After upgrades of 23-24 Jan 2009 xdm is not working: > > > > # xdm > > # ps ax|grep xdm > > 75632 p1 S+ 0:00.01 grep xdm > > # cat /va

Re: xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-06 Thread Roger Olofsson
Anton Shterenlikht skrev: After upgrades of 23-24 Jan 2009 xdm is not working: # xdm # ps ax|grep xdm 75632 p1 S+ 0:00.01 grep xdm # cat /var/log/xdm.log # So no xdm daemon. My system: FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE alpha, xdm-1.1.8_1. Any ideas

Re: xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-05 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 08:01:25AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > Anton Shterenlikht writes: > > > After upgrades of 23-24 Jan 2009 xdm is not working: > > > > # xdm > > # ps ax|grep xdm > > 75632 p1 S+ 0:00.01 grep xdm > > # cat /var/log

xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-05 Thread Robert Huff
Anton Shterenlikht writes: > After upgrades of 23-24 Jan 2009 xdm is not working: > > # xdm > # ps ax|grep xdm > 75632 p1 S+ 0:00.01 grep xdm > # cat /var/log/xdm.log > Any ideas? 1) May we see /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-05 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
After upgrades of 23-24 Jan 2009 xdm is not working: # xdm # ps ax|grep xdm 75632 p1 S+ 0:00.01 grep xdm # cat /var/log/xdm.log # So no xdm daemon. My system: FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE alpha, xdm-1.1.8_1. Any ideas? -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Br

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-12 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My /etc/ttys looks like this > > ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm o

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon&quo

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Karsten Rothemund
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:01:44AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, sorry, but I didn't follow the whole thread. > > Mel wrote: > >> You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while > >> ge

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mel wrote: >> On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: >> >> >>>>> Still getting error msg >>>>> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second >> >>

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:48:51 +0800, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm > configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? > As a default config demo? Ha - "xdm configuration files

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Mel
t;> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 > >>>>>> second > >>> > >>> You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while > >>> getty is hammering at it. > >> > >> I turned th

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: > Mel wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: > >>>> Still getting error msg > >>>> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 > >>>> second > >

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready b

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: > >> Still getting error msg > >> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. -- Mel Probl

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
ething like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Mel
peating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second > > > > Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your > > /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something > > like this, something I would never had put in any combination > &g

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Fbsd1
mbination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy.

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Polytropon
ation with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebs

trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Fbsd1
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also c

Re: getting rid of xconsole on xdm

2007-11-24 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 04:22:48AM -0500, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I am in the middle of setting up a new machine and want to get rid of > the &^&*(*&%*&@ xconsole on xdm (it doesn't go away on login > either)... how? /usr/loc

getting rid of xconsole on xdm

2007-11-24 Thread Aryeh Friedman
I am in the middle of setting up a new machine and want to get rid of the &^&*(*&%*&@ xconsole on xdm (it doesn't go away on login either)... how? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi

Re: xdm woes

2007-11-20 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Wojciech Puchar wrote: pushing aqnd releasing the power button, so the OS shuts down using ACPI). This happens every time. No matter what window manager I use. But it only happens when I use xdm. If I start X with startx, it shuts down cleanly and returns to the tty from which I ran startx

Re: xdm woes

2007-11-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
pushing aqnd releasing the power button, so the OS shuts down using ACPI). This happens every time. No matter what window manager I use. But it only happens when I use xdm. If I start X with startx, it shuts down cleanly and returns to the tty from which I ran startx. how you start xdm? from

xdm woes

2007-11-20 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
ything works like a charm, except for one small annoyance. If I run xdm, everything hangs when I log out. The monitor just turns black and i get no response whatsoever for neither the mouse nor the keyboard. The only thing that works is shutting the computer off (by quickly pushing aqnd releasi

Re: xdm fails! can't find "pcidata"

2007-08-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 12:16:10AM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:11:47 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > > > I just rebooted my DNS server and now X fails. I'm pretty sure I > > did everything re the xorg instructions in UPDATING. The error > > message in /var/lob/Xo

Re: xdm fails! can't find "pcidata"

2007-08-22 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:11:47 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > I just rebooted my DNS server and now X fails. I'm pretty sure I > did everything re the xorg instructions in UPDATING. The error > message in /var/lob/Xorg.0.log says exactly:: > (II) Loader running on freebsd > (II) Load

Re: xdm fails! can't find "pcidata"

2007-08-22 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 12:11:47PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > I just rebooted my DNS server and now X fails. I'm pretty sure I > did everything re the xorg instructions in UPDATING. The error > message in /var/lob/Xorg.0.log says exactly:: > > (II) Loader running on freebsd

xdm fails! can't find "pcidata"

2007-08-22 Thread Gary Kline
I just rebooted my DNS server and now X fails. I'm pretty sure I did everything re the xorg instructions in UPDATING. The error message in /var/lob/Xorg.0.log says exactly:: (II) Loader running on freebsd (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module pcid

Re: Missing file in 6.2-RELEASE concerning xdm

2007-04-16 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Boris Samorodov schrieb: On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:03:07 +0200 Stevan Tiefert wrote: I have written an e-mail on 12. April 2007 in freebsd-questions@freebsd.org and a day later in [EMAIL PROTECTED] concerning a login-problem with a X-Terminal to a FreeBSD-6.2-XDM-Server. The reason for the

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