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Date:      Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:45:00 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au>
Subject:   Re: xorg & KDE 3.3 startup issues in 5.3 BETA3
Message-ID:  <200409071045.01171.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20040907003621.GA25864@internode.com.au>
References:  <20040907003621.GA25864@internode.com.au>

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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:06, Adam Smith wrote:
> When I launch kdm and log in, Xorg ignores my .xsession or .xinitrc files
> (whichever I have created) and loads only an xterm window (with no window
> management around it.)  I need to type 'startkde' in this window to
> actually kick KDE off and get it initiated, and upon closing this window
> Xorg terminates itself.

Xorg doesn't do the ignoring, kdm does.

In the KDM menu select 'Custom' and it will run your .xsession.

I found this too, it's quite annoying :(

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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