I made sure my line in my /etc/ttsys is in the form you said (it was, which is good).
My /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm isn't a symlink to my /etc/X11/xdm. They are both separate directories with their own copies of the files.......now should I move one and create a symlink to the other. Should I move the /etc/X11/xdm or the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm This looks promising. Ted Spradley wrote: >Craig Taylor wrote: > >>you're right, I just meant that I only have problems with the xdm and >>not using startx. I set xdm to start when I bootup, and it doesn't work >>for me, if I kill those processes and login through the terminal as root >>and run startx, then x will start up fine for me. I'm just stuck as to >>why the xdm, after approving my login (no error) can't start my >>enlightenment, or gnome, and keeps restarting x (repeating the login >>session over and over, with the error messages in my .xsession-errors). >> > >OK, I went back thru this thread and saw that you're running FreeBSD 4.4 >and XFree86 4.1.0. I know that stuff. We're gonna make this thing work >right. > >First, we need to look at the line in /etc/ttys that starts xdm. It >should have "-nodaemon" and it might have a "-config >/path/to/xdm-config". If it doesn't have the -config option, then the >default is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config. On my 4.1.0 system, >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm is a symlink to /etc/X11/xdm. Is yours? I know >this is new, I think it might have come from the XFree86 4.1.0 >port/package, or it might be new with FreeBSD 4.4. I used to just copy >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm to /etc/xdm and customize it there, and put the >-config option in /etc/ttys. Looks like something similar has finally >become standard FreeBSD practice. > > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
