Re: [TCLUG:3548] xdm

[Chris Kesler <chris@pconline.com>]

Usually when I get that, it's because my account is messed up.  It
might be, for example, I'm using /usr/local/bin/bash instead of /bin/bash
as my shell.  Of course, there's no way for my session to continue.  So it
ends the session and returns to a login prompt.  It seems to behave
similarly whether I'm at the xdm screen or the console.

Can you switch to a virtual terminal and log in as a different user, or as
root, then fix your account? 

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Serge M. Egelman wrote:

> i checked that.  Didn't help, but I have a new problem now: when I run xdm
> and log in, it just brings me back to the xdm screen again.