Configuring xdm

[Sergei Gnezdov]

On 2005-03-09, Fractal <kantor_mult at mail.ru> wrote:
> I have FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE with Xorg X server installed on
> my machine and I have problems with configuring xdm.
> Namely, the problem is: if I run xdm on X display :0, and
> set session program, /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker for example, in
> ~/.xsession, when I try to login using xdm, after few seconds of
> blank screen I see again xdm login prompt, but no wmaker.
> After this, my ~/xsession-errors contain message like this:
> "Connection to display :0 refused by server". I tried following
> command in .xsession:
> xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg :1
> This worked, but in this case after login I have two X displays
> on different terminals: one with only X server screen with cross
> cursor, and another with wmaker. Does it mean that if I run xdm
> on display :0 then I cannot run session program on the same display?

Try in your ~/.xsession:

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker

Let me know if it works.

I don't use wmaker.  What's so good about it?

Sergei