Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online ....

[Zoran Kolic]

> .... & I bumped into a bit of a snag .... I physically swapped the old & 
> new boxen this A.M. (limited space) & carried the old back into the shop 
> room. I hooked everything up & booted the new one. Boot went fine, xdm 
> login screen came up, & I logged in. It went black for about 5 sec., 
> then returned to the login screen :-( .... I did this several times 
> before deciding to shell in & look around. I observe the following:

So, you just turn the boxen off, then you turn them on?
If it would be me, I'd check all kind of adapters out.
If they are connected properly. Hardware failure comes
to mind next.
Best regards

                            Zoran