RE: xdm initialization problems

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From: Guy F. Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 01:57:53 PM US/Eastern
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Problems initializing xdm
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:15:57 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Can anyone please help me? I have searched the FreeBSD site and XFree86 site
>and have seen others with similar problems, yet no answers that apply to
>my situation.
>
>I have just installed the 4.6 FreeBSD-RELEASE from CDROM onto my laptop.
>I previously had 4.5 installed, but needed to repartition my drives so I
>reformatted and started over. I installed the full system and sources,
>sync'd in my /etc files, ran xf86config to generate a new /etc/X11/XF86Config
>file, updated it to work with my laptop's mouse and display resolution, and
>successfully initialized the X server using 'startx' (a single Xterm for
>the application). I have a problem with the 'xdm' command which I am
>initializing from my /etc/rc.local script (as I did in 4.5). The following
>is the output in the /var/log/xdm-errors file:
>
>XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
>Release Date: 18 January 2002
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
>Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6 i386 [ELF]
>Module Loader present
>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 11 18:04:48 2002
>(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>
> CRTclk
> FPclk
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
>X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
> Resource id in failed request: 0x0
> Serial number of failed request: 59
> Current serial number in output stream: 59
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
>X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
> Resource id in failed request: 0x0
> Serial number of failed request: 59
> Current serial number in output stream: 59
>X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
> Resource id in failed request: 0x0
> Serial number of failed request: 59
> Current serial number in output stream: 59
>AUDIT: Thu Jul 11 18:05:13 2002: 194 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
>xdm info (pid 191): Rescanning both config and servers files
>xdm error (pid 191): Display :0 is being disabled
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
>
>
>As you can see, I am having some sort of authorization problem. Visually,
>I see the X server initialize, the cross hatched background appears with
>a large X shaped cusor, and almost immediately the display resets to a
>black screen and then after a few moments I see the boot up messages (system
>console) and then it appears to retry the X start up again, with the same
>result.
>
>I did nothing different from when I ran this under version 4.5 so what the
>heck is this MAGIC-COOKIE thing and how can I configure this to authorize
>my connection to my local display??? I've noticed that other people have
>written in about problems logging in, but I never get the login screen up.
>
>A side note, what's wrong with my Speedo fonts? The directory and font
>files exist. I've even rerun mkfontdir, but this still fails.
>
>Both of these problems seem to be bugs in the 4.6-RELEASE since I did not
>have problems like this before. Has some new authorization feature been
>added to xdm or the X server with this release? If so, I cannot find any
>hints at how to configure this through the man pages or searching the
>net.
>
>Thank you for any help you can give,
>
> Doug
>
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Ahh. Yes. I have been meaning to post nearly exactly the same
message for 2 days, that Doug did, except I did not draw the authorization
conclusion conclusioion , because that bit is missing from my
own output. I am having a nearly identical problem on a Toshiba Satellite
1695 CDT, ATI Rage Pro LT card, running Xfree86 4.2.0 on 4.6-RELEASE.
I subsequently removed all of X11R6 and rebuilt from fresh sources
with the same result. startx runs fine, xdm resets and wont run.
Running xdm -debug (n) produces lots more log output, and the server never
resets, but the login screen never loads, and xdm never completes.
(I 'm sure my new X build is good, I've even built it on a crufty old
FreeBSD 3.0-Release development machine laset week to get some new video cards
supportted, and it runs great.)
I will be happy to send log output as Doug did; pardon the typing, broke
2 bones in my hand two days ago, so typing ( and posting ) isnot going too
well.

Doug, just in case this is OT fro freebsd, maybe we should be looking
at the bug report form at XFree86.org ( thats what I was mulling over since my
rebuild from sources.)

[Also, I have Shifler and Getty's "X-Window Sysyem" reference here on my desk
if anyone wants me to look up something to help us solve this. :) ]

Ouch,

Guy F. Boyd
VTA INC. / VTA Technologies
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