login manager

Using Qtile ( git version ) and sddm. As per Qtile documentation - i have qtile.desktop file linked to .xsession file which is identical to .xinitrc file and also tried custom .xsession file from qtile examples - but i have same issue - It starts, i enter my password - but loops back to login...

I'm not able to configure the Ly disply manager on Freebsd. I have these lines in my /etc/gettytab : Ly:\ :lo=/usr/local/bin/ly:\ :al=root: My /etc/ttys : ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Ly" xterm on secure My /usr/local/etc/ly/config.ini: (I didn't change...

I recently just deleted some files from my users home directory and now right after doing that I cannot login with xdm. The files were .ICEauthority, .login, .login_conf, .profile, and .Xauthority. Will anyone confirm that deleting these files was my problem? (I looked at the contents from a...

Earlier today, I decided to enable the latest packages (instead of stable) on FreeBSD 12.1 by adding the "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$(ABI)/latest" repository. So I ran a pkg upgrade and rebooted my system. After the reboot, I was unable to log into X, because all keypresses resulted in multiple...

Hello, I recently installed FreeBSD and am having problems with XDM not allowing me to log in as my set up user or root. XDM boots up fine but when I click into the password field nothing shows up as a I'm typing (first time using XDM this might be a feature?) and when I do type the password in...

According to SLiM's (x11/slim) configuration file, /usr/local/etc/slim.conf, session options are defined by xdg desktop files located in /usr/local/share/xsessions. I have the following files located in that directory: $ ls /usr/local/share/xsessions/ LXDE.desktop gnome.desktop...