Re: Cannot login via xdm after fresh install

[Erkki Ruohtula <erkkiruohtula%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:48:16 +0100
Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> wrote:
> 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?

No, it makes no difference.

Erkki