Re: Xorg Log-In
From: Lloyd Hayes (lloyd545220-trucker_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/07/04
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Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 23:51:31 -0700 To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at>
This sounds like a possible answer.
Lloyd Hayes
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Christian Hiris wrote:
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>On Saturday 06 November 2004 18:28, Lloyd Hayes wrote:
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>>I figured that starting over with FBSD 5.2.1 was a good idea, installing
>>less software this time. However, on impulse, I installed v5.3 No new
>>problems until I got to Xorg.
>>
>>I have the new docs downloaded from FreeBSD. "The FreeBSD Handbook" from
>>The FreeBSD Documentation Project, and "Frequently Asked Questions"
>>from the same place. They give some information about Xorg.
>>
>>Typing 'startx" gets me to a graphical screen similar to the setup
>>screen used in xorg -config. My only option was to hit
>>Ctrl-Alt-Back_Space to get out of it.
>>I then tried to use xdm -config.
>>I get to the point where it asks for name and password. This is
>>mentioned in the handbook. There is no security level set, so the system
>>is at it's default level. I'm logged in as root, so I type "root" and my
>>root password. It loops back to the same menu each time that I do this.
>>Any other input here just produces a wrong name. It won't accept a blank
>>input either.
>>
>>
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>Possibly you haven't entered an entry for your windowmanager in your .xinitrc
>or .xsession file. startx uses .xinitrc, xdm uses .xsession.
>'man xdm' explains which files are used by xdm and where they are located.
>Look for errors listed in ~/.xsession-errors, if you use xdm.
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>>(At this point, I was looking for the author, a rope, and a tall tree.
>>My 2nd option was to send this email....)
>>
>>Is there a secret code to getting into Xorg and setting it up for Gnome?
>>
>>
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>An easy way to setup gnome (and other wm) is gdm:
># cp -p /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh.sample /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh
># /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start
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>After next reboot gdm will be started automatically. Gdm is part of the gnome
>(meta-)package.
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>Cheers,
>ch
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