Bug 23285

Summary: no modules loaded for 'xserver' service
Product: Base System Reporter: chesney <chesney>
Component: miscAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description chesney 2000-12-04 22:50:00 UTC 
After upgrading to 4.2-release, startx returns the followinf error(s):
Xwrapper: no modules loaded for `xserver' service
Authentication failed - cannot start X server
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?

/etc/fbtab has been edited to uncomment the /dev/console line,
Xwrapper and xinit are in /usr/X11R6/bin

How-To-Repeat: invoke startx ot xinit
Comment 1 chesney 2000-12-05 17:08:15 UTC 
Never mind. Turns out the fix is to add entries for xserver and xdm in 
/etc/pam.conf. Maybe something should be in the FAQ about this?
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Comment 2 Peter Pentchev freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-12-06 07:28:04 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Originator reports adding entries to /etc/pam.conf fixed the problem.