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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:08:33 -0100
To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
Subject: Re: XDM
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At 14:38 16.03.98 -0800, you wrote:
>According to Spike Gronim:
>	The things that you must have in your /home account are 
>	an ~/.xsession file  that had the xterms, and other x tools
>	that you want; and the name on the WM.  For example
>
>	xterm -fn 9x15bold &
>	ctwm &

The last process started should not be a background-process:
<start some processes (xterm and such) as background-processes>
xterm &
xclock &
xeyes & 
... blablabla ...
exec twm

This prevents the ~/.xsession-file to exit after starting all the X-stuff.
When ~/.xsession exits, your X-session will be terminated. With "exec twm"
in your ~/.xsession-file your ~/.xsession quits when twm is killed and
therefor your X-session is terminated when twm is killed.
If you are not happy with twm replace it with some other WM.

Malte Lance
malte@webmore.com


>
>	and so forth.  
>
>	Additionally, your ~/.xsession file must be mode 0755; i.e.
>	executable.  
>
>
>	Try this and get back to the list....
>
>	gary
>
>
>
>-- 
>   Gary D. Kline         kline@tao.thought.org          Public service uNix
>
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