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Slim error “failed to execute login command”

FreeBSD installed Mate desktop, using Slim as the login window, found that only Root can login normally, while other users appeared “failed to execute login command”.

solution:

copy ~/.xinitrc to /home/username/.

username is the name of the logged in user.

attached: my. Xinitrc content:

root@cheviko:/home/cheviko # vi ~/.xinitrc

#exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch mate-session
exec scim -d &
exec mate-session