Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure The init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8 msg has stopped. Right. Because you're no longer trying to run a getty on that port. When I start xdm from root command line nothing happens. NO error log msgs, nothing. Does it return to the command prompt? Respond with xdm: not found? Just hang there? What *does* it do? F1 thru F12 just issue the freebsd console logon prompt. Really? The standard /etc/ttys file doesn't include entries for ttyv9-ttyv12. That means F9-F12 shouldn't let you change to them. Are you sure that you can really change to them, or is it possible that you're still looking at ttyv7 without knowing it? My understanding is when /etc/ttys contains this statement ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure followed by a kill -HUP 1 command to reread tyys file the following should happen. F1 thru F8 virtual consoles work as normal (ie: freebsd console logon prompt). F9 thru F12 virtual consoles will show the xdm logon screen. No. F1 through F7 virtual consoles will be regular consoles, and F8 will be the xdm login screen. To make xdm the system default logon method have to add xdm_enable=YES to /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Then only the xdm logon screen will be seen on all virtual consoles F1 thru F12. A ctrl+alt+backspace key sequence is the only way to force a return to the freebsd console logon prompt for the Fx virtual console being used. No. Not unless you've written your own script to handle the xdm_enable variable, which doesn't seem to exist anywhere else in the system. Unless you've written the script for it as well, I wouldn't expect it to work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. Since you're still getting that error message, you obviously didn't succeed at turning off the getty. If you're not getting that message any more, what symptoms *do* you see? -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:48:51 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Ha - xdm configuration files memory flash ahead! :-) Go check them. They are located in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm. I have two modified files: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 Mar 18 2008 Xresources@ - /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 Mar 18 2008 xdm-config@ - /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config (It's in /etc for custom lazyness, but you can make changes to the files in the original xdm directory if you want.) But I think you didn't change these files, so everything should still be the standard settings... so I need to say, this would not be the source of the problem... If I just knew how I solved the problem you're describing... I really had this once, and I think the solution was very simple, allthough it wasn't obvious, and maybe had nothing to do with X... After all, the obervation indicate that X isn't started correctly for xdm, but what surprises me is that X is started correctly from a regular user's account... Mysterious... VEB Mysteron Merkwürdigkeitenwerk Karl-Marx-Stadt... :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security settings, existing pid file, xdm not being xdm but an aliased command or shell script sooner up in the path - that's just from the top of my head. I installed xorg as a package. Then installed xfce package. Made no config changes to xorg or the xdm config files. At this point i suspect the port of xorg as not being configured correctly. That the default xdm config files have statement error causing xdm not to function. So the big question is has anybody installed the release 7.1 package version of xorg and was able to get xdm to function without any config file changes? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second That's why. xdm can't get the display. Set on to off in /etc/ttys for ttyv8, kill -HUP 1 and if the message does not stop, reboot the machine. Then start by running xdm from the command line (as root) and inspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log if no screen comes up. I all ready did that (run xdm from the command line) getting no /var/log/xdm.log. Inspecting Xorg.0.log shows nothing related to xdm. When issuing the xdm command from root and then doing (ps ax command) I do not see xdm listed. What am i to see happen from running xdm from the root command line? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:48:51 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything useful is written there. With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. Startx works ok so not xorg problem. And you know this why? This may come as a surprise, but startx does different things then xdm. Even having a DISPLAY environment variable set to a non-existing resource, would stop X from starting. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security settings, existing pid file, xdm not being xdm but an aliased command or shell script sooner up in the path - that's just from the top of my head. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything useful is written there. With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything useful is written there. With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:01:44AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, sorry, but I didn't follow the whole thread. Mel wrote: You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. in /etc/ttys I think, right? By default (in my /etc/ttys) on ttyv8 there is an xdm-Daemon configured I think: ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure (I changed it to on because I want to start xdm at boot). Since you're still getting that error message, you obviously didn't succeed at turning off the getty. If you're not getting that message any more, what symptoms *do* you see? Is there a getty (or something else) configured in your /etc/ttys? Ciao, Karsten -- Karsten Rothemund [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ PGP-Key: 0x7019CAA5 \ / Fingerprint: E752 C759 B9B2 2057 E42F \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign 50EE 47AC A7CE 7019 CAA5 / \ Against HTML Mail and News pgpTRsGz9L0Ds.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure The init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8 msg has stopped. When I start xdm from root command line nothing happens. NO error log msgs, nothing. F1 thru F12 just issue the freebsd console logon prompt. My understanding is when /etc/ttys contains this statement ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure followed by a kill -HUP 1 command to reread tyys file the following should happen. F1 thru F8 virtual consoles work as normal (ie: freebsd console logon prompt). F9 thru F12 virtual consoles will show the xdm logon screen. To make xdm the system default logon method have to add xdm_enable=YES to /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Then only the xdm logon screen will be seen on all virtual consoles F1 thru F12. A ctrl+alt+backspace key sequence is the only way to force a return to the freebsd console logon prompt for the Fx virtual console being used. Is this the correct interpretation of how xdm is designed to function?? I can not find in man xdm or xorg website or handbook an explanation of how it's suppose work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
trouble getting x11 xdm to work
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second That's why. xdm can't get the display. Set on to off in /etc/ttys for ttyv8, kill -HUP 1 and if the message does not stop, reboot the machine. Then start by running xdm from the command line (as root) and inspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log if no screen comes up. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
