Re: xdm: no user login on XF3

[homega_(_at_)_wanadoo_(_dot_)_es]

If anyone cares, the problems was with some syntax part in my
old /etc/XF86Config.  Seems that limits restored fine after
logging out and back in.

On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 04:09:32PM +0200, homega_(_at_)_wanadoo_(_dot_)_es wrote:
> I set up xfree86 3.3.6 on a 2.9-release (xf4 does not have
> support for my card) through xf86config3 and XF86Setup.  It
> didn´t work, so I cp´ed an old (2.8) /etc/XF86Config file
> instead.
> 
> Right after I went to install KDE2 from ports, but had to
> raise ulimits (office2 still complained about virtual memory
> exhausted and refused to build though).  After that I logged
> out and even rebooted, so limits should be back to normal
> (they did as far as I can tell from ´ulimits -a´).
> I added the /usr/local/lib/{qt2,kde2} to shlib_dirs in
> rc.conf, but have not configured kde yet.
> 
> Now I can´t login as a normal user (using xdm), only as root.
> At first logging attempt it tries to start but then drops me
> back at the login screen and see this error:
> 	tanit /bsd: proc: table is full
> 
> Any further attempts are futile and give me a
> 	tanit xdm: LOGIN FAILURE ON :0
> 
> dmesg shows all these ´proc: table is full´ lines.
> What is it about?  Are they related to ulimit and, why (if
> ulimit reset after loggin out and back in?
> How can I get around this problem?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

-- 
Horacio