Hi, ambrosehuang ambrose wrote on Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 03:46:16PM +0800:
> When I finished installing the OpenBSD 4.1 on my thinkpad > T43, I changed the "xdm_config="NO" to "xdm_config="" " in the > /etc/rc.conf.local, You changed 'xdm_flags="NO"' to 'xdm_flags=""' in /etc/rc.conf(8), didn't you? At least that's the standard way to enable xdm(1). > but as a regular user I can't login in with xdm, > it said "incorrect login" on the login window of xdm; > as root I can login, Perhaps you have a german keyboard connected but no "XkbLayout" configured for your keyboard(4) in /etc/X11/xorg.conf(5), and your user password contains one of the characters "Y" or "Z", while your root password doesn't? Of course, that's just guesswork, you could as well have different problems - but wrong keyboard layout is indeed notorious for preventing xdm login.
