I've been trying to setup my laptop, which has a fresh install of FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, up with XDM and Xmonad, and am having some issues.
First, uname -a output:
I'm not very familiar with X configuration, but excessive Googling seemed to indicate that I needed a .Xsession file in my /usr/home directory, and that such a file would do the job. I did indeed create such a file; contents displayed below.
I have no idea if the above is correct to run xdm and Xmonad, I just used a modified version of what I found here, with what looked to me like personal configuration options I didn't want removed.
Now, my first problem: When I boot up my system, before I can login via the terminal, XDM launches and gives me a login prompt, but when I enter my username and password, it gives a black screen for a few seconds and then returns to the login prompt. I think, again based on Googling, that this means my display managers hasn't been configured properly. But since my configuration file is in my home directory, I guess it isn't being read by X on startup. (I can't startx after logging in because there is already a session running, and pkill xdm just seems to restart it).
Help on how to properly configure Xmonad to run with XDM, preferably on bootup, would be most appreciated.
Best regards,
BinaryMage
First, uname -a output:
Code:
FreeBSD thinkpad-t42p.domain.actdsltmp 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb 18 02:24:46 UTC 2011
root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386I'm not very familiar with X configuration, but excessive Googling seemed to indicate that I needed a .Xsession file in my /usr/home directory, and that such a file would do the job. I did indeed create such a file; contents displayed below.
Code:
# .xinitrc
xrandr -s 0
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
xsetroot -solid '#80a0af'
PATH=/home/binarymage/bin:$PATH
# launch clock and status bar
FG='#a8a3f7'
BG='#3f3c6d'
xmonad-clock | dzen2 -e '' -x 400 -w 1200 -ta r -fg $FG -bg $BG &
xmonad &
wait $!
pkill -HUP dzen2
pkill -HUP -f xmonad-clock
waitI have no idea if the above is correct to run xdm and Xmonad, I just used a modified version of what I found here, with what looked to me like personal configuration options I didn't want removed.
Now, my first problem: When I boot up my system, before I can login via the terminal, XDM launches and gives me a login prompt, but when I enter my username and password, it gives a black screen for a few seconds and then returns to the login prompt. I think, again based on Googling, that this means my display managers hasn't been configured properly. But since my configuration file is in my home directory, I guess it isn't being read by X on startup. (I can't startx after logging in because there is already a session running, and pkill xdm just seems to restart it).
Help on how to properly configure Xmonad to run with XDM, preferably on bootup, would be most appreciated.
Best regards,
BinaryMage
