Problem with xdm's configuration files on Freebsd

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Leslie Jensen wrote:

> At the last update of xdm the location for the
> configuration files changed from /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm to
> /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/ and now with the update to version
> xdm-1.1.6_1 we're back in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm again, But
>
> Just to test I removed the files from
> /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/
>
> Then xdm didn't have any settings and my desktop wouldn't start.
> Copying the files from /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm to
> /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/ made Xdm work again.

The latest update to xdm (1.1.6_1) does work, but you have to make sure 
the old config files are gone.  The port deinstall won't remove any that 
you have changed, so they hang around and cause problems.

So back up any files you have changed, then deinstall the xdm port. 
Watch for error messages about files that didn't match and couldn't be 
removed in both /usr/local/share/examples/xdm and 
/usr/local/lib/X11/xdm.  Remove those files manually.

Then reinstall the port and make changes to the freshly-installed files.

Final note--the xdm binary wants to look for files in the examples dir, 
but the FreeBSD port patches change the real xdm-config file 
(/usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config) to point to the correct FreeBSD 
locations.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA