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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: what am I doing wrong with xdm
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Date: 22 Sep 90 14:29:45 GMT
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    It looks good at first but after logging in and logging out
    I get two login boxes!  I fiddled with it for a while and have tried
    using the simplest possible xdm configuration files I can thing of and
    it's still happening.

Is this with a local server or an X terminal?  Specific configuration
files would be helpful.

       It looks like it starts going wrong right away since I tried
    rebooting my workstation and a ps-ax | grep xdm from a dumb terminal 
    without ever logging in as an X user gives three xdms running.

If you are using an R3 xdm, three processes was normal: one top-level
daemon, and two xdm processes per server.  Using an R4 xdm, there should
be one top-level daemon and one xdm process per server.

    Another cycle and I get two login
    boxes that want me to click to place (I'm using uwm).

Hmm, sounds like the uwm from your previous session never got nuked,
which kind of sounds like the X server never did a full reset.  Please
check the pids of various client processes to see if they are surviving
your initial logout.  You might also examine a -debug 9 trace.

      I am using DECwindows X not MIT X.

Have you tried an MIT X server to see if you get the same symptoms?
That might help isolate the problem.