"Ian P. Thomas" wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:15:12PM -0500, 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). > > > What is listed in /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver? It should end with a line stating > which vt X is going to use. This vt should correspond to the tty you have set > up in /etc/ttys to run xdm. > > ttyE7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt220 off secure > > Here is the corresponding portion of /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt08 > > Notice that the numbers are off-by-one. I'm thinking that getty is logging > you in on the same tty xdm is trying to log you in on. > > Ian > > p.s. You may have something other than ttyE[1-9], I'm using NetBSD 1.5.2. >
Maybe tty is counting from 0 (zero) and vt is counting from 1?? pn _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
