Re: Cannot login via xdm after fresh install

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 07:43:04PM +0300, Erkki Ruohtula wrote:
> I did a fresh installation with NetBSD-7.1-amd64.iso in VirtualBox
> 5.1.26, mostly using defaults. I did enable xdm in the installer.
> Everything appeared to go smoothly, and the system now starts nicely
> X11, and shows the xdm login screen. The problem is I cannot get
> past that. If I enter the username root and its correct
> password, I get a dialog box labeled "Session Menu",
> with text "chooseSessionListWidget" and buttons under it,
> of which most are grayed except "Default/Fail Safe" and "Cancel".

Does adding your hostname to /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1, ::1 help?

Cheers,

Patrick