Using xdm and twm on freebsd 6.2

[Jim Seymour]

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 11:48 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:51:10 -0400
> Jim Seymour <jim at wingbarscafe.com> wrote:
> 
> > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> > FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" refcount is 2,
> > should be 1; fixinng.
> 
> This message is harmless.
> 
> > AUDIT: Thu Apr 5 20:40:04 2007: 726 X: client 2 rejected from local
> > host
> 
> Hmm, it seems your session isn't authorized. Have you changed any of
> the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm ?
> If not, you should have a
> directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles
> 
> which should contaion one or more files. Mine is 
> root at kg-jobbpc3# ll /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles/*
> -rw-------  1 root  wheel  89 Apr  5 22:06 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-dZ6s4M
> 
> > When I boot it loads xdm. When I try to log in, the screen goes blank
> > and then comes back to the login screen. Ideas....
> 
> This is what it does if for any reason your session can't get started. 'man xdm' contains a lot of info....
> What does the messages in /var/log/xdm.log say?

I do have the authfiles directory, although mine is empty. The xdm log
file has even less information than the .xsession-errors file. In other
words the .xsession-errors has the same info as xdm.log and includes the
information I have already posted from it.

I am fighting cold cold right now and have grown weary of trying to get
this xdm login working. I greatly appreciate all of the responses and
pointers everyone has provided. However, for now I am going back to the
text console login and typing startx. It's just one less battle for
right now. I will pick back up on it later.

Thanks Again :-)
-- 
Jim Seymour <jim at wingbarscafe.com>
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