Daniel Senderowicz wrote:

> It wasn't only the problem of blanking but it just never logged
> in, although the password was correct. On the other hand, when I
> entered an incorrect password it said it, so somehow the thing
> stays in a loop or something. Thanks.

On Ultrix, there was an xdm-errors log file in the xdm setup directory
(/usr/lib/X11/xdm I think).  Sometimes that contained useful clues.

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Philip J. Tait.....AlliedSignal Engines, Phoenix, Az.....pjt@phxase.allied.com