Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:23:49 -0700 From: "John L. Utz III" <john@utzweb.net> To: jim@wingbarscafe.com Cc: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using xdm and twm on freebsd 6.2 Message-ID: <E230C653-E1DC-491F-A643-7CFDB8DE3B0F@utzweb.net> In-Reply-To: <1175788574.8742.29.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com> References: <1175788574.8742.29.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com>
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Heh; this was a real hair puller for me at one point. xdm uses it's own init stuff. in the xfree86 days i ran into a problem where i would get fvwm if i did startx (that was what i wanted) and twm if i did xdm :-) i suspect that in xorg the default xdm init isnt shipped anymore. i would google for twm xdm and xfree86 and you might find a copy of the xdm init stuff that was in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{xinit or xdm} (cant recall which) HTH johnu On Apr 5, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Jim Seymour wrote: > As simple as this seems to be I cannot get xdm and twm to play > together. > What I would like to be able to do is log in using xdm and have the > same > end result as if I had logged in from a text console and issued > "startx". > > When I log in via a text console and issue "startx", I get the window > arrangement I set in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. This is the end > result I am trying to reach. The only difference being using xdm to > log > in instead of text console. > > The xsession-errors file is empty and I have tried .xinitrc > and .xsession files to no avail. The only option I see after > logging in > via xdm is Failsafe/Default and this loads a blank, useless screen or > the screen goes blank and reloads the login page again. Using > Google and > man pages, I have not been able to find an answer. > > This is on an old Compaq Armada 7750MT laptop with 64mb ram and a > Pentium 166. > > Thanks for any and all help/advise, > -- > Jim Seymour <jim@wingbarscafe.com>
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