Solved, re: xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-20 Thread whollygoat
4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X > > server :0.0. > > xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) > > on X server :0.0. > > - end excerpt ----- > > It is likely hal is not working for you. Wh

Re: xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-20 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, wrote: > I can't login in graphically.  My password is > accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like > when it is starting up a session, then just > returns me to the login display. > > I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series > laptop. > > I know m

xdm login infinite loop

2009-07-10 Thread whollygoat
I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display. I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen behaviour is d

xscreensaver and XDM login window

2008-06-28 Thread David Witbrodt
king. The 'xscreensaver' runs fine once my regular user logs in, and I have the XOrg DPMS settings adjusted so that the monitor blanks if no one logs in to the XDM login within 5 minutes. Dave Witbrodt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Lubos Vrbka
> Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if you put your monitor's physical dimensions in xorg.conf right. problem is that this is a notebook (i945gm chipset) and i am attaching an external monitor to it. i haven't been able to figure

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:37:18AM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > and now it works fine! later i also discovered that for xdm i explicitely > also have the option "-dpi 100" > > thanks for help! Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if y

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-05 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, Does it substitute a different font (family) or does it show the same font rendered differently (larger/smaller, blurrier/more ragged, etc.)? i think it's the same font, but after kdm login it's renderend smaller and (subjectively) not so sharp. I would start by comparing the output of th

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:39:08 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi guys, > > i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using > xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... > > then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) > d

font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized for

Re: Setup script for XDM login screen

2006-02-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 01:14:12AM +0100, Björn Lindström wrote: > Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when > starting XDM now. Still in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup. > but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Actually the XSF broke it without notice (and no changelog e

Re: Setup script for XDM login screen

2006-02-25 Thread Björn Lindström
"Michael M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I use gdm rather than xdm, but I was googling around a few weeks ago > about start-up stuff and I came away with the understanding that you > can always use ~/.xsession. IIRC, there was some helpful and > not-too-dated documentation at the Linux Documentation P

Re: Setup script for XDM login screen

2006-02-25 Thread Michael M.
Björn Lindström wrote: Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when starting XDM now. I used to have this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid dimgrey but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 I use gdm rather than xdm, but I was googling around a f

Setup script for XDM login screen

2006-02-24 Thread Björn Lindström
Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when starting XDM now. I used to have this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid dimgrey but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:42:02PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 > > > > xdm probably runs as root, so you

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Doug MacFarlane
On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 > > xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you > run on the login screen, since anyon

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . . xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you run on the login screen, since anyone who walks up to your machine will fairly trivially b

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Doug MacFarlane
On 21 Nov 2002, 14:42:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > >=20 > > Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to > > display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or > > top? Similar to how the console

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
. > > So, if I could give them the pretty gkrellm monitors on the xdm login screen, > they'd think that was really kewl . . . > > madmac > > > -- > Doug MacFarlane > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems to me that at least one of them has a setting that runs xconsole o

Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Doug MacFarlane
and assumed the machine was running (none of them have logins on the debian box) . . . they asked for an easy way to determine if it was running, as if it's going to hang every day or so . . . So, if I could give them the pretty gkrellm monitors on the xdm login screen, they'd think that

Re: /etc/environment, and xdm/login/pam

2002-01-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brenda J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.11.1803 +0100]: > Maybe I happen to have the "in-between" distro that has the "new" > /etc/environment, before they started sourcing /etc/environment > from /etc/X11/Xsession (I'm guessing that they might have > changed the system to do this

Re: /etc/environment, and xdm/login/pam

2002-01-11 Thread Brenda J. Butler
ight have changed the system to do this)? I assume you have a distro dated after 2.2R2. Everyone does :-) Also maybe you start X from your console after logging in, in which case your X processes would inherit your environment which has been initialized properly from your console login. Or maybe the

Re: xdm & login problems

2001-08-01 Thread James Preston
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, When xdm exits straight back to the login prompt again, it usually indicate a problem with the configuration scripts and/or your window manager. One rough fumble-blindly solution would be to reinstall xdm and your window manager (perhaps with a purge'd remo

Re: xdm & login problems

2001-08-01 Thread Debian GNU
ote: > Andy Saxena writes: > > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de > Almeida wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing > the login-screen but

Fwd: Re: xdm & login problems

2001-07-31 Thread Andy Saxena
>Andy Saxena writes: > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > > when I try to login it fails returnin

Re: xdm & login problems

2001-07-31 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Andy Saxena writes: > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > > when I try to login it fails returning t

Re: xdm & login problems

2001-07-31 Thread Andy Saxena
On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > Hi > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. > > Whats the problem? > &

xdm & login problems

2001-07-30 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xdm login problems

2000-08-17 Thread Nathan Smith
following happen: when attempting to log in as a regular user the screen accepts the correct password, goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Deliberately (or indeliberately) entering an incorrect password results in the usual incorrect login message. When attempt

xdm login

1998-12-08 Thread Mark Cantrell
please help, xdm has [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the username field, and it won't let me overwrite the username field with anything elsehow do i fix this? thanks Mark

Re: groovy xdm login screen [was: Re: screenshot]

1998-11-24 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > I think there should be a nicer xdm login screen as standard in Debian > (doesn't need to have much graphics or so, just not these ugly looking > naked defaults). An easy one to make uses the redand white Debian icon as tiled background.

groovy xdm login screen [was: Re: screenshot]

1998-11-24 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
"E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I made this groovy looking xdm login screen and now I want to make a What about making it available to the public? I have always looked after a nice login screen (I have to admit that I am missing fantasy to make one myse

Green monitor power_saver not working on XDM login screen!

1998-07-27 Thread H Huang
n user account, everything works as expected: the screen blanks out on the 5th min and the power automatically turns off on the 20th min. However, if I leave it on the xdm login screen, things do not work out entirely. The screen still blanks out on the 5th min as expected. But the power neve

Hanging after xdm login

1997-11-18 Thread Ben Pfaff
After my X server has been running for a while and I've logged in and out a few times through xdm, the next time I log in, it stops after clearing away the xdm login screen and the xterm never comes up; I can't get to the fvwm2 menu either. Instead I have to switch to another virtual c

remote xdm login screen probs - more info

1997-10-31 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
up as 'available' whilst there's some sgi's which come up as 'willing to manage'). Anyway, selecting my machine won't bring up the xdm login window (will with the sgi's...), i just get some error message from xwin32 whihc exactly is: "XDMCP: Se

Re: can't get remote xdm login screen...help!

1997-10-31 Thread Joost Kooij
chine> could not be opened'. > > If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG > machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those > brings up the xdm login screen. Fine. But my linux machine, although on > the

can't get remote xdm login screen...help!

1997-10-31 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
te?) I get a message saying something along the lines of 'Display could not be opened'. If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those brings up the xdm login screen.

can't get remote xdm login screen...help!

1997-10-30 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
te?) I get a message saying something along the lines of 'Display could not be opened'. If i bring up a choser using the 'broadcast' option, I get our SG machines on the list with 'willing to manage'. Selecting one of those brings up the xdm login screen.

xdm login

1997-07-14 Thread Victor Torrico
Hello, When logging into X using xdm, after I enter my login name and password, I get a big white box in the upper left hand corner of the screen with a message that boot is still in progress. I depress the OK button in this box , it goes away and all works fine in X. This is kind of a pain to d

Re: xdm 'login incorrect'

1997-06-21 Thread Dom
On Sat, Jun 21, 1997 at 03:52:57AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > I know this has to be something simple... > > I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM. > Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name > and password which I _know_ are good

xdm 'login incorrect'

1997-06-21 Thread Tim O'Brien
I know this has to be something simple... I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM. Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name and password which I _know_ are good. XDM tells me it's an invalid login. Any idea what I've done (or not do

tk script to reboot etc from xdm login screen

1997-03-07 Thread Kevin Scott
& echo $! > /var/run/tkmgr-pid === Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 - this script is run after a user has successfully logged in at the xdm login prompt. Mine is now: === #! /bin/sh

Re: The *"'($^"'( list... and Xdm login

1996-09-30 Thread Rob Browning
Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How many utilities would have to be changed to implement the > following password logic: > > If the stored hash is 13 characters long, use crypt(). > If it is 32 characters long, use md5sum(). > Otherwise, fail. > > This would allow us to retain

Re: The *"'($^"'( list... and Xdm login

1996-09-28 Thread Buddha Buck
> a simple question about xdm : > > my root password is ... say "toto". when i try to login > with password "totoxxx", it works. The xdm login > only compares characters from the begining, to the end of > the password. is it normal ??? It shouldn&#

Re: The *"'($^"'( list... and Xdm login

1996-09-27 Thread Richard Gayraud
t;. when i try to login with password "totoxxx", it works. The xdm login only compares characters from the begining, to the end of the password. is it normal ??? thanks, Richard