Unable to login to FreeBSD + xorg + xdm system

[Rolf Nielsen]

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On 2015-05-08 15:10, Avinash Sonawane wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE. Today I installed x11/xorg and
> also x11/xdm and them made changes to /etc/ttys as instructed in
> the Handbook
> (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html#idp63498576)
> 
> But now I am unable to login in the system. When I boot the system
> a big rectangle (xdm) pops up as a login screen and when I enter
> my credentials (username and password) it simply returns back (like
> the box got refreshed) and again asks for the credentials.
> 
> No matter how many time I provide the credentials it simply pops
> up again and again.
> 
> I tried with normal user account as well as root account.
> 
> And now I am not able to login in the system at all. Please help.
> 

Hit Ctrl + Alt + F1 to get to a console. Log in as root, and check
/var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and .xsession-errors in the home
directory of the user you are trying to log in to X as. Somewhere in
one of those files (probably .xsession-errors) there should be
something that tells you what is wrong.
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