Re: xdm login infinite loop
Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, whollyg...@letterboxes.org wrote: I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display. I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen behaviour is different for a wrong password. /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/auth.log are all being touched without any input being added to the files. In fact, xdm.log and Xorg.0.log are both zero length files (nothing has been written to them. The only messages are in .xsession-errors, but googling seems to indicate that they are innocuous: - .xsession-errors excerpt -- ** (x-session-manager:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type=method_call, sender=:1.6 (uid=1000 pid=2398 comm=x-session-manager ) interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement member=ThisMethodMustNotExistInHal error name=(unset) requested_reply=0 destination=org.freedesktop.Hal (uid=0 pid=2175 comm=/usr/sbin/hald )) ** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: HAL not available or does not permit to shutdown/reboot the computer, trying sudo fallback instead. xfce4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. - end excerpt - It is likely hal is not working for you. What does /etc/init.d/hal status say ? Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Solved, re: xdm login infinite loop
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:35 +0200, Javier Barroso javibarr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, whollyg...@letterboxes.org wrote: I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display. I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen behaviour is different for a wrong password. /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/auth.log are all being touched without any input being added to the files. In fact, xdm.log and Xorg.0.log are both zero length files (nothing has been written to them. The only messages are in .xsession-errors, but googling seems to indicate that they are innocuous: - .xsession-errors excerpt -- ** (x-session-manager:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type=method_call, sender=:1.6 (uid=1000 pid=2398 comm=x-session-manager ) interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement member=ThisMethodMustNotExistInHal error name=(unset) requested_reply=0 destination=org.freedesktop.Hal (uid=0 pid=2175 comm=/usr/sbin/hald )) ** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: HAL not available or does not permit to shutdown/reboot the computer, trying sudo fallback instead. xfce4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. - end excerpt - It is likely hal is not working for you. What does /etc/init.d/hal status say ? hald is running. The problem, it turns out, was related to the zero length xdm.log and Xorg.0.log files. They were zero lenth because the partition they were on was full. As soon as I fixed the space problem, the xdm login loop was broken. I guess something wanted absolutely to write to the logs before it would create a session. Thanks. Sorry I didn't terminate the thread. will Now, if only I could figure out why the vt's all go black after starting X -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
xdm login infinite loop
I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display. I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen behaviour is different for a wrong password. /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/auth.log are all being touched without any input being added to the files. In fact, xdm.log and Xorg.0.log are both zero length files (nothing has been written to them. The only messages are in .xsession-errors, but googling seems to indicate that they are innocuous: - .xsession-errors excerpt -- ** (x-session-manager:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type=method_call, sender=:1.6 (uid=1000 pid=2398 comm=x-session-manager ) interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement member=ThisMethodMustNotExistInHal error name=(unset) requested_reply=0 destination=org.freedesktop.Hal (uid=0 pid=2175 comm=/usr/sbin/hald )) ** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: HAL not available or does not permit to shutdown/reboot the computer, trying sudo fallback instead. xfce4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. - end excerpt - I vaguely recall someone experiencing something similar, but my googling didn't turn up anything Thanks, -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
xscreensaver and XDM login window
Has anyone on this list who runs XDM tried to get the 'xscreensaver' to run on the login screen? The 'man' page gives some instructions, but those do not work for me. In fact, the suggestion to place xhost +localhost in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config does not work. On my system, the way to run GUI apps as root under XOrg is more like this: xhost +local:root Using this in 'xdm-config' prevents the startup breakage, but still does not allow 'xscreensaver' to run. This is a matter of curiosity, just to see if anyone has been able to get it working. The 'xscreensaver' runs fine once my regular user logs in, and I have the XOrg DPMS settings adjusted so that the monitor blanks if no one logs in to the XDM login within 5 minutes. Dave Witbrodt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font change after kdm/xdm login
hi, Does it substitute a different font (family) or does it show the same font rendered differently (larger/smaller, blurrier/more ragged, etc.)? i think it's the same font, but after kdm login it's renderend smaller and (subjectively) not so sharp. I would start by comparing the output of these commands for the two situations: ok, here goes the comparison. xdpyinfo | grep resolution $ diff _xdm.log _kdm.log 1c1 resolution:100x100 dots per inch --- resolution:85x83 dots per inch xrdb -query | grep Xft no difference (empty output) fc-list | grep -i arial no difference xlsfonts | grep arial (The last one produces 162 lines of output on my system, so you might want to use diff.) no difference, i have 81 lines of output and it seems to be reasonable. so as it seemed that dpi is the problem, i set in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 100 and now it works fine! later i also discovered that for xdm i explicitely also have the option -dpi 100 thanks for help! regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font change after kdm/xdm login
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:37:18AM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: and now it works fine! later i also discovered that for xdm i explicitely also have the option -dpi 100 thanks for help! Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if you put your monitor's physical dimensions in xorg.conf Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: font change after kdm/xdm login
Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if you put your monitor's physical dimensions in xorg.conf right. problem is that this is a notebook (i945gm chipset) and i am attaching an external monitor to it. i haven't been able to figure out how to make the lfp and external lcd work at the same time yet. i have at the moment just a single 'monitor' section and it works good for both internal and external lcd. but it also means, that i can't specify exact physical dimensions. anyway, the '-dpi 100' trick works fine in both cases. regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
font change after kdm/xdm login
hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized for my desktop) and kdm (different fonts than i am used to, so they don't look well and my desktop customization is gone). for me it seems that, e.g. 'arial:size=8' used in psi after login with xdm, is a completely different from arial:size=8 font used in psi after login with kdm. could anybody shed some light in this, please? probably some kdm config issue? is it somehow setting some environment variables that are changing font handling/preference/...? best regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font change after kdm/xdm login
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:39:08 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized for my desktop) and kdm (different fonts than i am used to, so they don't look well and my desktop customization is gone). for me it seems that, e.g. 'arial:size=8' used in psi after login with xdm, is a completely different from arial:size=8 font used in psi after login with kdm. Does it substitute a different font (family) or does it show the same font rendered differently (larger/smaller, blurrier/more ragged, etc.)? could anybody shed some light in this, please? probably some kdm config issue? is it somehow setting some environment variables that are changing font handling/preference/...? I would start by comparing the output of these commands for the two situations: xdpyinfo | grep resolution xrdb -query | grep Xft fc-list | grep -i arial xlsfonts | grep arial (The last one produces 162 lines of output on my system, so you might want to use diff.) -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setup script for XDM login screen
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 01:14:12AM +0100, Björn Lindström wrote: Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when starting XDM now. Still in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup. but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Actually the XSF broke it without notice (and no changelog entry) back in 6.9.0-1. See bug #347857. You can fix it by adding the line back to xdm-config: rei $ grep Xsetup /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config DisplayManager*setup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup -- Marc Wilson | knghtbrd Nintendo Declares GCN Most Popular Console [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Ever knghtbrd Who are they kidding? Mercury | knghtbrd: Stock holders? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setup script for XDM login screen
Björn Lindström wrote: Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when starting XDM now. I used to have this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid dimgrey but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 I use gdm rather than xdm, but I was googling around a few weeks ago about start-up stuff and I came away with the understanding that you can always use ~/.xsession. IIRC, there was some helpful and not-too-dated documentation at the Linux Documentation Project. Anyway, ~/.xsession is where I put my X start-up apps and settings. -- Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setup script for XDM login screen
Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I use gdm rather than xdm, but I was googling around a few weeks ago about start-up stuff and I came away with the understanding that you can always use ~/.xsession. IIRC, there was some helpful and not-too-dated documentation at the Linux Documentation Project. Anyway, ~/.xsession is where I put my X start-up apps and settings. No, no. This is stuff I need to run when XDM starts. Specifically to get rid of the ugly default X background. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setup script for XDM login screen
Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when starting XDM now. I used to have this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid dimgrey but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XDM-Login langsam nach Wechsel
Hallo, ich habe Debian 3.0 installiert und verwende Fvwm 2.4.6. Nach dem Wechsel von Xserver 3.3.6 auf 4.1.0 dauert es locker zehn (!) Sekunden bis nach dem Start des Xservers der Login über XDM möglich ist. Auflösung Wiederholferquenz und so weiter sind dann schon längst eingestellt. Das selbe Verhalten zeigt sich wenn ich Fvwm beende. Die Konsolenmeldungen vom Xserver geben für mir keinen Hinweis. Hat da jemand einen Tip? Gruß, Jörn. -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: XDM-Login langsam nach Wechsel
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:56:09PM +0200, Jörn Franke wrote: ich habe Debian 3.0 installiert und verwende Fvwm 2.4.6. Nach dem Wechsel von Xserver 3.3.6 auf 4.1.0 dauert es locker zehn (!) Sekunden bis nach dem Start des Xservers der Login über XDM möglich ist. Auflösung Wiederholferquenz und so weiter sind dann schon längst eingestellt. Ruf als root mal fc-cache auf. -- LuMriX - XML Search Engine - http://www.lumrix.net/ -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . . xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you run on the login screen, since anyone who walks up to your machine will fairly trivially be able to get root access. -rob msg15143/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen
On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you run on the login screen, since anyone who walks up to your machine will fairly trivially be able to get root access. Thanks for the tip. I thought about that, and all I'm running, in addition to xconsole, is gkrellm with the -nc (non-configurable) switch. I have no way to physically secure the system, and they wanted an easy way to tell if it was up. So running gkrellm as root on the xdm display is safer than leaving an account logged in and running gkrellm on that user's desktop. A couple of questions: 1. Do any of the various xdm replacements (gdm, et. al.) not run as root? 2. Could I run this instantiation of gkrellm as an ordinary user and have it display on the root xdm (or gdm or whatever) login window? TIA madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:42:02PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you run on the login screen, since anyone who walks up to your machine will fairly trivially be able to get root access. Thanks for the tip. I thought about that, and all I'm running, in addition to xconsole, is gkrellm with the -nc (non-configurable) switch. I have no way to physically secure the system, and they wanted an easy way to tell if it was up. So running gkrellm as root on the xdm display is safer than leaving an account logged in and running gkrellm on that user's desktop. A couple of questions: 1. Do any of the various xdm replacements (gdm, et. al.) not run as root? Not sure, but I doubt it. ?dm has to effectively su to whichever user logs on, and this requires root priveleges. Well, as far as I know... 2. Could I run this instantiation of gkrellm as an ordinary user and have it display on the root xdm (or gdm or whatever) login window? Yes, you can. You just need to let that particular user have access to the display XDM is running on. man xauth should reveal the answer. -rob msg15176/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Displaying Output on xdm login screen
Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or top? Similar to how the console is displayed? I have a system that froze on the login screen and the clients looked at it and saw the login screen and assumed the machine was running (none of them have logins on the debian box) . . . they asked for an easy way to determine if it was running, as if it's going to hang every day or so . . . So, if I could give them the pretty gkrellm monitors on the xdm login screen, they'd think that was really kewl . . . madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen
On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or top? Similar to how the console is displayed? I have a system that froze on the login screen and the clients looked at it and saw the login screen and assumed the machine was running (none of them have logins on the debian box) . . . they asked for an easy way to determine if it was running, as if it's going to hang every day or so . . . So, if I could give them the pretty gkrellm monitors on the xdm login screen, they'd think that was really kewl . . . madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems to me that at least one of them has a setting that runs xconsole on a window beside the login window, and ISTR seeing a fishtank dynamic wallpaper running underneath the login window. If those work, you likely could get away with specifying a V4L feed on the desktop - see what reaction you would get with a webcam displaying on the desktop the images of the person at the keyboard as they are logging in... -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen
On 21 Nov 2002, 14:42:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: =20 Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or top? Similar to how the console is displayed? Seems to me that at least one of them has a setting that runs xconsole on a window beside the login window, and ISTR seeing a fishtank dynamic wallpaper running underneath the login window. If those work, you likely could get away with specifying a V4L feed on the desktop - see what reaction you would get with a webcam displaying on the desktop the images of the person at the keyboard as they are logging in... I LOVE that idea Talk about freaky . . . people would walk by and look at themselves on the screen like they do for the hand-held video cameras at Best Buy!! ;-) BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . . -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XDM login nur als root user - client 2 rejected from local host
Matthias Schmidt wrote: On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 02:44:20AM +0200, Markus Kolb wrote: Da wurde ich nach ein wenig Laden sofort wieder zum xdm-Login befördert. XFree-log hat ein paar Einträge: AUDIT: `LANG=en_EN; date` ... X: client 2 rejected from local host. [...] Möglicherweise ist auch die Partition, auf der /home liegt, so gut wie voll, sodaß den Usern kein Schreibzugriff mehr erlaubt ist. Da hätte ich doch beinahe geschrieben, dass das nicht der Fall ist. Habe aber doch nochmal nachgeguckt und siehe da: 100% ;o(( Hätte ich auch selber darauf kommen können. Hab ich wohl installiert und installiert und das update gemacht und es war zuviel für die eingerichtete Partition ;) Danke. -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
XDM login nur als root user - client 2 rejected from local host
Hallo, ich habe eben aus der Console mein Woody geupdated und wollte anschliessend xdm starten und mich als normaler user einloggen. Da wurde ich nach ein wenig Laden sofort wieder zum xdm-Login befördert. XFree-log hat ein paar Einträge: AUDIT: `LANG=en_EN; date` ... X: client 2 rejected from local host. Im xdm.log stehen die gleichen Zeilen. Ausserdem ist in beiden logs noch der Eintrag: PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M Daran sollte der Login aber nicht scheitern. Als root könnte ich mich einloggen. Habe testweise auch mal noch einen neuen User angelegt, um festzustellen, ob es an User-Einstellungen liegt. Dem ist aber nicht so. Der neu angelegte User wird genauso rausgeschmissen. Google und Google-Groups bringt zwar Haufenweise Fragen zu ähnlichen Problemen, aber keine nützlichen Antworten. Meistens haben die Threads genau ein Posting. Sehr hilfreich ;o) Kann mir jemand Tipps geben, wie ich das beheben kann? Nachdem ich absolut nichts seit dem letzten erfolgreichen Login verändert habe, bis auf das heutige Update, stehe ich momentan auf dem Schlauch ... Habe schon /etc/X11/ abgesucht, aber nichts verdächtiges gefunden. cu -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
[grisu@debian.org: Re: xdm-login für root?]
- Forwarded message from Michael Bramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 06:53:47 +0200 From: Michael Bramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jörn Franke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: xdm-login für root? On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:53:08PM +0200, Jörn Franke wrote: Was wer wie warum will muß jeder für sich selbst entscheiden: Ich jedenfalls habe zu Linux gewechselt weil alles offengelegt ist. Mit seinem Wissen zu geizen hat sich erfahrungsgemäß als Bummerang erwiesen. Nach einem qualifizierten Hinweis funktioniert auch o.g. Login. ich möchte nicht geizen. Der Hinweis wurde ja schon gegeben. Nur wollte ich die Warnung doch schreiben... Michael Bramer wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:54:27PM +0100, Jörn Franke wrote: vor kurzem hbe ich bereits mal angefragt ob es möglich ist sich als root über xdm grafisch einzuloggen. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere hat das vor ein oder zwei Jahren auf meinem System mal funktioniert. Leider weis ich nicht mehr wie ich das hin bekommen habe und find auch nichts dazu... Hat mir jemand einen Rat? Es ist möglich, aber das möchtest du nicht ... Glaub uns... Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debsupport.de PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux Auf Windows 95 laufen so ziemlich alle Spiele. F?r ernsthaftes Arbeiten sollte man aber zus?tzlich ein Betriebssystem installieren. -- unknown mach bitte kein TOFU... Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debsupport.de PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux Der Optimist glaubt wir leben in der besten aller moeglichen Welten. Der Pessimist befuerchtet, dass das stimmt. - End forwarded message - Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debsupport.de PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux Der Optimist glaubt wir leben in der besten aller moeglichen Welten. Der Pessimist befuerchtet, dass das stimmt. msg05459/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
xdm-login für root?
Hallo zusammen, vor kurzem hbe ich bereits mal angefragt ob es möglich ist sich als root über xdm grafisch einzuloggen. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere hat das vor ein oder zwei Jahren auf meinem System mal funktioniert. Leider weis ich nicht mehr wie ich das hin bekommen habe und find auch nichts dazu... Hat mir jemand einen Rat? Danke und Gruß, Jörn. -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: xdm-login für root?
Grüss dich, also beim gdm musst du in: /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf die option: allowroot=false ändern. ich vermute, dass es bei xdm ähnlich wenn nicht sogar genauso ist. gruss dirk w. - Original Message - From: Jörn Franke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:54 PM Subject: xdm-login für root? Hallo zusammen, vor kurzem hbe ich bereits mal angefragt ob es möglich ist sich als root über xdm grafisch einzuloggen. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere hat das vor ein oder zwei Jahren auf meinem System mal funktioniert. Leider weis ich nicht mehr wie ich das hin bekommen habe und find auch nichts dazu... Hat mir jemand einen Rat? Danke und Gruß, Jörn. -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl) -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: /etc/environment, and xdm/login/pam
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 03:41:54PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Mark Ferlatte [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.01.11.0948 +0100]: /etc/environment is read by the pam_env.so PAM module. If you don't have auth required pam_env.so in whichever /etc/pam.d/* correspondes to your login system. My /etc/pam.d/login does have that line (uncommented even). That was the one clue I saw about how /etc/environment is used. Is there no documentation anywhere (linux documentation I mean, as opposed to AIX documentation :-)? /etc/environment isn't even mentioned in the pam man-page, and I don't have any pam info in /usr/share/doc... Well later I'll try google Linux-PAM system administrator's guide (this name mentioned in the pam man page) and see what turns up. Just now I have to get back to work. I used gdm, which supports pam... not sure if xdm does. If it doesn't, then /etc/environment won't work for you. but why did the /etc/environment trick fix my Perl complaining about locales? but then, i can't find that debian-user post which solved it for me, and i can't reproduce the perl problems. oh well... Maybe I happen to have the in-between distro that has the new /etc/environment, before they started sourcing /etc/environment from /etc/X11/Xsession (I'm guessing that they might have changed the system to do this)? I assume you have a distro dated after 2.2R2. Everyone does :-) Also maybe you start X from your console after logging in, in which case your X processes would inherit your environment which has been initialized properly from your console login. Or maybe they changed xdm logins to use the real login (with pam). Indeed, I just tried a login to xdm, and nothing shows up in auth.log. How can I make my xdm login use pam? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org
Re: /etc/environment, and xdm/login/pam
also sprach Brenda J. Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.01.11.1803 +0100]: Maybe I happen to have the in-between distro that has the new /etc/environment, before they started sourcing /etc/environment from /etc/X11/Xsession (I'm guessing that they might have changed the system to do this)? I assume you have a distro dated after 2.2R2. Everyone does :-) slink still handles my print server ;) -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^.*|tr * mailto:; [EMAIL PROTECTED] all i ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance. pgpY97JcCmzXk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xdm login problems
Hi I also got the same error when I uninstalled xdm, and re-installed it later. I couldn't find any solution till now and I am also interested in a solution. I installed gdm as a substitute for temporary operation. Rds, Deb --- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Saxena writes: On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. You need to provide more details. When you say it fails exactly what happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or do you get another message? -Andy Trying to provide more info. i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) ii) I provide my username and password :) iii) the login/password screen disappears :) iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for something wrong but without any luck... The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks like this AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) Thanks. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
Re: xdm login problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, When xdm exits straight back to the login prompt again, it usually indicate a problem with the configuration scripts and/or your window manager. One rough fumble-blindly solution would be to reinstall xdm and your window manager (perhaps with a purge'd remove first) and you'll likely get back to a working state. Not ideal. Other things to check for (I'm not the xdm package manager obviously, to YMMV): - check the permission of the files run by xdm, especially those in your home director: eg. .xinitrc, .xsession (either/both) - check the .xinit.err file (if any) - make sure you can run your wm (eg. just run fvwm from the command line and you should get unable to open display and no some link error) On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:01:52AM -0700, Debian GNU wrote: Andy Saxena writes: [...] X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) This specific error say that the X client library (Xlib) wasn't able to connect to the server. This shouldn't happen with xdm as it should set up the .Xauthority file for you (the Xstartup script). You could perhaps remove the ~/.Xauthority file and restart xdm (ie. ctrl-alt-backspace): perhaps the file can't be written to. (??) The fact the xmodmap is also running (and failing) says that your start-up script is probably okay. Hope some of the above leads you to a solution, James. PGP Key: http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/~james/plan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBO2e7XSX8mcqArqQRAQFUfwH+O8gbHJRdLPVzmOFXOwj3R1KUi2RmdHeg 220KrV28G81NBXt1RRTT7uLBmc27sT2/wvrMKX8oSYnVB9ycLZ6ZpA== =u/fB -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: xdm login problems
On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. You need to provide more details. When you say it fails exactly what happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or do you get another message? -Andy
Re: xdm login problems
Andy Saxena writes: On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. You need to provide more details. When you say it fails exactly what happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or do you get another message? -Andy Trying to provide more info. i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) ii) I provide my username and password :) iii) the login/password screen disappears :) iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for something wrong but without any luck... The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks like this AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) Thanks. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: Re: xdm login problems
Andy Saxena writes: On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. You need to provide more details. When you say it fails exactly what happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or do you get another message? -Andy Pedro said: Thank you for your answer. Trying to provide more info. i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) ii) I provide my username and password :) iii) the login/password screen disappears :) iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for something wrong but without any luck... The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks like this AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) Thanks. -- At\'e breve Pedro Quaresma Departamento de Matem\'atica Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ phone: 351+ 239 791 181 ---
xdm login problems
Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xdm login problems
Hello all: A strange problem with xdm. The setup is this: a NIS server we'll cleverly call server, and a NIS client we'll cleverly call client. xdm works with no problems on server. Console logins on client work fine. However if I start xdm and then try to log in on client the following happen: when attempting to log in as a regular user the screen accepts the correct password, goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Deliberately (or indeliberately) entering an incorrect password results in the usual incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using the client root password, xdm gives the incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using server's root password the screen goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Logging in on the console then typing startx starts X on the client fine, so I don't think it's a problem analogous to trying to log in with no shell. The following lines are from the xdm.log file: AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nate
xdm login
please help, xdm has [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the username field, and it won't let me overwrite the username field with anything elsehow do i fix this? thanks Mark
groovy xdm login screen [was: Re: screenshot]
E.L. Meijer \(Eric\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I made this groovy looking xdm login screen and now I want to make a What about making it available to the public? I have always looked after a nice login screen (I have to admit that I am missing fantasy to make one myself), but the ones I saw at some web site didn't get me too exited. I think there should be a nicer xdm login screen as standard in Debian (doesn't need to have much graphics or so, just not these ugly looking naked defaults). Greetings, joachim
Re: groovy xdm login screen [was: Re: screenshot]
Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: I think there should be a nicer xdm login screen as standard in Debian (doesn't need to have much graphics or so, just not these ugly looking naked defaults). An easy one to make uses the redand white Debian icon as tiled background.
Green monitor power_saver not working on XDM login screen!
Hi, all. I'm running XFree86 3.3. Here are the relevant entries in my XF86Config: [Section Device] option power_saver [Section Screen] BlankTime 5 StandbyTime 10 SuspendTime 15 OffTime 20 When I login to an user account, everything works as expected: the screen blanks out on the 5th min and the power automatically turns off on the 20th min. However, if I leave it on the xdm login screen, things do not work out entirely. The screen still blanks out on the 5th min as expected. But the power never turns off. Any idea what's wrong? Thanks. -- Hong Huang -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Hanging after xdm login
After my X server has been running for a while and I've logged in and out a few times through xdm, the next time I log in, it stops after clearing away the xdm login screen and the xterm never comes up; I can't get to the fvwm2 menu either. Instead I have to switch to another virtual console and kill the X server, then let xdm restart it. FWIW, I'm also using XBanner, in its default configuration. I don't want to kill the X server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace after every login because sometimes it crashes the computer hard (I have the Millenium II, which driver is experimental). Does anyone have any suggestions why X hangs? -- Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
can't get remote xdm login screen...help!
Hi, After getting my Linux pc on the network here at work using DHCP (thanks for the help), I've tried getting in via xdm using xwin32, but without success. Here's the score - if I use xwin32 and try to query the linux machine directly, after a very long pause (say a minute?) I get a message saying something along the lines of 'Display some obscure network name which isn't the network name of the linux machine could not be opened'. If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those brings up the xdm login screen. Fine. But my linux machine, although on the list, has the message 'available' (not 'willing to manage' as with the SG machines). Selecting it just gives the same problem as mentioned above. I don't know the difference between 'willing to manage' and 'available' but guess that if i could get my linux machine on the list as 'willing to manage', then i could login via xdm. Can anybody help me? This is Linux advocacy stuff... Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: can't get remote xdm login screen...help!
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Waller Martin MEJ wrote: Here's the score - if I use xwin32 and try to query the linux machine directly, after a very long pause (say a minute?) I get a message saying something along the lines of 'Display some obscure network name which isn't the network name of the linux machine could not be opened'. If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those brings up the xdm login screen. Fine. But my linux machine, although on the list, has the message 'available' (not 'willing to manage' as with the SG machines). Selecting it just gives the same problem as mentioned above. I don't know the difference between 'willing to manage' and 'available' but guess that if i could get my linux machine on the list as 'willing to manage', then i could login via xdm. Can you get xdm to work on your local console? Did you check /etc/X11/config /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config ? Sorry, can't help you any better than that. I used to have machine on a network with a lot of hp and sun servers and people using exceed in broadcast mode. After I installed linux on my machine, people thought that it broke the other machines - because my machine would show up immediately on their chooser, whereas the other machines would need half a minute or more to respond :-) Cheers, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
remote xdm login screen probs - more info
Hi, Using dhcp to get my linux box to sit on the (Win NT/95) network here at work. Fine - i can telnet in OK. Tryng to get a remote xsession going using xwin32 from a win 95 machine. It'll show up on a choser list if i do a xdmcp -broadcast thing with xwin32 (shows up as 'available' whilst there's some sgi's which come up as 'willing to manage'). Anyway, selecting my machine won't bring up the xdm login window (will with the sgi's...), i just get some error message from xwin32 whihc exactly is: XDMCP: Session failed: session 369920001 failed for display UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com:0:cannot open display (UKJJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com is the name of the machine from which I'm trying to connect). Meanwhile, on the linux box my /var/log/xdm-errors file is as follows: XF86Config file stuff . xdm error (pid 244): Cannot convert Internet address 156.71.78.38 to host name xdm error (pid 244): Cannot convert Internet address 156.71.78.38 to host name . . (lots of times) . . _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com xdm error (pid 601): server open failed for UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com:0, giving up xdm error (pid 244): Display UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com:0 cannot be opened xdm error (pid 244): Display UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com:0 is being disabled where 156.71.78.38 is the numeric address of UKJHAG217600.ukjh.zeneca.com. The nameserver's set OK (from dhcp), so it's not that. Any body got a clue? Ta, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
can't get remote xdm login screen...help!
Hi, After getting my Linux pc on the network here at work using DHCP (thanks for the help), I've tried getting in via xdm using xwin32, but without success. Here's the score - if I use xwin32 and try to query the linux machine directly, after a very long pause (say a minute?) I get a message saying something along the lines of 'Display some obscure network name which isn't the network name of the linux machine could not be opened'. If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those brings up the xdm login screen. Fine. But my linux machine, although on the list, has the message 'available' (not 'willing to manage' as with the SG machines). Selecting it just gives the same problem as mentioned above. I don't know the difference between 'willing to manage' and 'available' but guess that if i could get my linux machine on the list as 'willing to manage', then i could login via xdm. Can anybody help me? This is Linux advocacy stuff... Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xdm login
Hello, When logging into X using xdm, after I enter my login name and password, I get a big white box in the upper left hand corner of the screen with a message that boot is still in progress. I depress the OK button in this box , it goes away and all works fine in X. This is kind of a pain to do on each login. The box is there whether xbanner is installed or uninstalled. It never used to be there but now it is and I've tried various purging and reinstalling of the main x packages with no luck. What must one do to get rid of this box? Thanks, Victor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xdm 'login incorrect'
I know this has to be something simple... I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM. Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name and password which I _know_ are good. XDM tells me it's an invalid login. Any idea what I've done (or not done) ?? Thanks, Tim - LINUX 2.0.6 i486 Because reboots are for upgrades!! - Please direct Email to: tjobrien(at)traveller.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xdm 'login incorrect'
On Sat, Jun 21, 1997 at 03:52:57AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote: I know this has to be something simple... I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM. Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name and password which I _know_ are good. XDM tells me it's an invalid login. Any idea what I've done (or not done) ?? This is from memory, so someone correct me if I'm wrong. You have shadow passwords on, and aren't using xdm-shadow. The solution is to go to VT1 (ctl-alt-f1), and type shadowconfig off shadowconfig on And restart xdm. Dom -- It was Penguin lust... at its ugliest. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
tk script to reboot etc from xdm login screen
I've had several requests for this, so a post to the list seemed
appropriate. My scripts are based on those posted to this list by
Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday 7th October 1996
(subject: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?). I've modified
them considerably for use at our site, where one of the requirements
for our linux machines is to be able to emulate an X terminal on an
HP-UX server machine.
It (almost) goes without saying that you need tcl and tk packages
installed - only the runtime parts are needed, and I am not aware
of a need for any particular version.
Assuming you have xdm running, you need to do the following:
Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 - this script is run when xdm is
(re)initialising the login screen. Mine is now:
===
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $
if grep -q ^run-xconsole /etc/X11/config
then
xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed \
-exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole
fi
xsetroot -solid grey50
# Start the rebooter etc...
/usr/local/bin/tkmgr
echo $! /var/run/tkmgr-pid
===
Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 - this script is run after a user has
successfully logged in at the xdm login prompt. Mine is now:
===
#! /bin/sh
#
# This script is run as root after a user starts a session on :0.
# Call the global Xstartup script, if it exists
if [ -x /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup ] ; then
/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
fi
# :0 specific startup commands go here
# Kill the mgr
if [ -f /var/run/tkmgr-pid ]
then
kill `cat /var/run/tkmgr-pid`
rm /var/run/tkmgr-pid
fi
exit 0
===
The Tk script is /usr/local/bin/tkmgr. Mine is modified to give three
choices. The first is to connect to one of our server machines acting
as an xterm, the second to reboot the system and the third to halt it.
The script determines the location of the xdm login window and places
itself centrally below it. It will obviously need customising, to either
remove the xterm reference or make it applicable to a particular site.
/usr/local/bin/tkmgr contains:
===
#!/usr/bin/wish
# Init stuff
wm title . Chooser
wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW Quit
# Place this below bottom LH corner of login window
set info [split [exec xwininfo -name xlogin] \n]
set LoginGeom [split [lindex [split [lindex $info 21] ] 3] +]
set LoginH [lindex [split [lindex $LoginGeom 0] x] 1]
set NewX [expr [lindex $LoginGeom 1] + 1]
set NewY [expr [lindex $LoginGeom 2] + $LoginH + 6]
wm geometry . +$NewX+$NewY
# The buttons
frame .buttons
button .buttons.xterm \
-text Start xterm on ... \
-width 19 \
-relief raised \
-command Xterm
button .buttons.reboot \
-text Reboot the system \
-width 19 \
-command Reboot
button .buttons.halt \
-text Halt the system \
-width 19 \
-command Halt
pack append .buttons \
.buttons.xterm {left expand fill} \
.buttons.halt {left expand fill} \
.buttons.reboot {left expand fill}
menu .buttons.xterm.menu
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label sleepy -command {Xterm sleepy}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label sneezy -command {Xterm sneezy}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label bashful -command {Xterm bashful}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label dopey -command {Xterm dopey}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label grumpy -command {Xterm grumpy}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label happy -command {Xterm happy}
pack .buttons -side top -fill x -expand true
# The Functions
proc Quit {} {
exit 0
}
proc Reboot {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -rt 15 now /dev/tty1 /dev/tty1 2 /dev/tty1
}
proc Halt {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -ht 15 now /dev/tty1 /dev/tty1 2 /dev/tty1
}
proc Xterm {} {
catch destroy .xtlist
toplevel .xtlist
# Place this below chooser window
set MainGeom [split [ wm geometry . ] +]
set MainH [lindex [split [lindex $MainGeom 0] x] 1]
set NewX [lindex $MainGeom 1]
set NewY [expr [lindex $MainGeom 2] + $MainH]
wm geometry .xtlist +$NewX+$NewY
frame .xtlist.list
button .xtlist.list.sleepy \
-text sleepy \
-padx 10 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm sleepy }
button .xtlist.list.sneezy \
-text sneezy \
-padx 11 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm sneezy }
button .xtlist.list.bashful \
-text bashful \
-padx 11 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm bashful }
button .xtlist.list.dopey \
-text dopey
Re: The *'($^'( list... and Xdm login
Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How many utilities would have to be changed to implement the following password logic: If the stored hash is 13 characters long, use crypt(). If it is 32 characters long, use md5sum(). Otherwise, fail. This would allow us to retain backwards compatability while potentially increasing the security of the system by allowing arbitrarily long passwords. I would love to see this happen. Wouldn't it be fairly easy if we successfully migrate to libpam? -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The *'($^'( list... and Xdm login
a simple question about xdm : my root password is ... say toto. when i try to login with password totoxxx, it works. The xdm login only compares characters from the begining, to the end of the password. is it normal ??? It shouldn't be that way for your root password as toto, but let's say your root password was wizardoz. Then wizardos_is_a_fraud would work, because anything past 8 letters is ignored. In fact, the scenario that you describe -couldn't- happen, unless login on xdm was severely broken (try using dorothy as a password instead of toto, if you can get in, then you know it's broken :-( ). What login (and xdm, etc) do is take the passwork you type, hash the first 8 characters with a one-way hash function, and compare that with the stored, previously hashed password. The original password is lost -- it exists in the memory of passwd, login, xdm, and so on the bare minimum they need to do their job, then it is destroyed, to prevent snoopers. Since all xdm has to play with is a previously hashed value, it -can't- tell that the password toto is only 4 characters long. It can only tell that totoxxx hashes to the same value as toto. Given the way that the hash function is designed, I think (but I am not certain) that that is mathematically impossible (but at the least, it it highly improbable). I just tried it on my system, and I was able to su to root by using the password scarecro instead of the complete scarecrow (and, no, that isn't the root password on my system, but mine is longer than 8 characters), so the 8 character limit is still live on Debian systems. Theoretically, we should be able to pay no attention to the crypt() behind the login, but maintaining compatability with other systems forces us to use the same crypt() Unix has been using for decades. This limits us to only 8 significant characters. How many utilities would have to be changed to implement the following password logic: If the stored hash is 13 characters long, use crypt(). If it is 32 characters long, use md5sum(). Otherwise, fail. This would allow us to retain backwards compatability while potentially increasing the security of the system by allowing arbitrarily long passwords. thanks, Richard -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacaphony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects. -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The *'($^'( list... and Xdm login
From: Randall Shutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yeah, Ive unsubscribed from this list about 2 weeks ago, everything was fine, and now Im recieveing mail again. I tried to mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] and both gave me instructions on how to unsubscribe (which were, incidently the same procedure that I was using). So, I REALLY hate posting to the list about this, but since listname-request is fuckin broken, I have no choice. Thanks I think many people are in the same situation. they unsubscribed several weeks ago, and they receive mails agin since the begining of the week. perhaps a good answer to this question is not only to unsubscribe concerned people, but to explain evrybody how to unsubscribe definitively... a simple question about xdm : my root password is ... say toto. when i try to login with password totoxxx, it works. The xdm login only compares characters from the begining, to the end of the password. is it normal ??? thanks, Richard
