Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 07:56:27 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xdm var/log/xdm.log Message-ID: <24236.3691.152243.385927@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20200501073326.ace7ae66.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CY4PR19MB165569C1F62D653DEA0BC086F9AA0@CY4PR19MB1655.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200501051811.2b24d320.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB1655947EFA1876957A4FD2CDF9AB0@CY4PR19MB1655.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200501053836.76a32eaf.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB165588762EA2A92CF95C361FF9AB0@CY4PR19MB1655.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200501060500.4a89db8b.freebsd@edvax.de> <24235.45694.473965.863585@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20200501073326.ace7ae66.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon writes: > > > > Ok, I will add xsession. > > > > > > NB: .xsession (the dot is significant). > > > > > > Or you can do the following, as you said you already have > > > a .xinitrc (which xdm will ignore, as mentioned): > > > > > > % cp .xinitrc .xsession > > > > From my home directory: > > > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 huff huff 8 May 1 01:19 .xsession -> .xinitrc > > > > This implies you want the same environment from both. > > Will usually work, but doesn't keep C shell initialization > (environmental variables, aliases, settings), which might > not be a problem if you're not using the C shell for dialog > sessions or if you concentrate on GUI entirely. :-) Once I start X, I do pretty much everything within it. For the rest I console-switch. (And the first line of the file is "#! /bin/sh". :-) ) What is there that one might wish to do that can't be handled out of an xterm? Curiously, Robert Huff
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