No. It didn't work. I changed the default shell of all users (including root) to /bin/csh and that didn't work. The same thing happens both in kdm and xdm.

Thanks,
 oha


> I submitted a bug report 
> (http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=24722) earlier this 
> week on something very similar; it might be related to what you are seeing.
> 
> My work around is to set the default shell back to /bin/csh using the 
> "chpass" command.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Chris.
> 
>>From: oha@simnet.is
>>To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>>Subject: xdm problem
>>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:21:01 +0000
>>
>>Hello.
>>
>>I installed NetBSD 1.6.2 and was going to use xdm at boot. However, when I 
>>log in via xdm, it just restarts (xdm), even if I log in as root. I have no 
>>problem logging in through console and startx works perfectly. I also tried 
>>kdm and the same thing happens. It is a fresh installation (XFree86 4.3.0) 
>>and only with added kde 3.2.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>  Olafur Haukur Arnason
> 
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