Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:55:19 -0500 From: "Kevin Weiss" <kweiss@austin.rr.com> To: "Laurence Berland" <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: xdm doesn't read in users .xinitrc Message-ID: <NDBBJGMIALOKHDMIBICBKEKLCAAA.kweiss@austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <37E05AF5.8D20EF14@confusion.net>
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If you're using xdm, should you be using a .xsession file?
Don't forget to do a chmod u+x on the .xsession file...hope this helps
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Laurence
Berland
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:50 PM
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: xdm doesn't read in users .xinitrc
Following the instructions in Greg's book (great book btw), I set up xdm
on my box, but now it refuses to start what's in the xinitrc file,
instead it brings up a box, "Session Menu." It's possible my brother
messed with the xdm set up files, there's a ~file from emacs for
Xsession
Xsession
~~~~~~~~~~~~
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: Xsession /main/10 1995/12/18 18:21:28 gildea $
# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can
for errfile in "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/xses-$USER"
"/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
then
chmod 600 "$errfile"
exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
break
fi
done
case $# in
1)
case $1 in
failsafe)
exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
;;
esac
esac
startup=$HOME/.xsession
resources=$HOME/.Xresources
if [ -f "$startup" ]; then
exec "$startup"
else
if [ -f "$resources" ]; then
xrdb -load "$resources"
fi
exec xsm
fi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dmesg:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 9 22:02:27 EDT 1999
root@cartman:/usr/src/sys/compile/CARTMAN
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 448054004 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Xeon/Celeron (448.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping=2
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,
PAT,PSE36,MMX,<b24>>
real memory = 268435456 (262144K bytes)
avail memory = 258834432 (252768K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf025c000.
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0: <Intel 82443BX host to PCI bridge> rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0
chip1: <Intel 82443BX host to AGP bridge> rev 0x03 on pci0.1.0
chip2: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.7.0
ide_pci0: <Intel PIIX4 Bus-master IDE controller> rev 0x01 on pci0.7.1
chip3: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> rev 0x02 on pci0.7.3
Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
vga0: <VGA-compatible display device> rev 0x04 int a irq 11 on pci1.0.0
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 on isa
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard
atkbd0 irq 1 on isa
psm0 irq 12 on isa
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Maxtor 90845D4>
wd0: 8063MB (16514064 sectors), 16383 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa
wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B/1017>, removable, accel,
dma, iordis
acd0: drive speed 5512KB/sec, 256KB cache
acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA
acd0: Audio: play, 16 volume levels
acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray
acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked
ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
nlpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus 0
vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
changing root device to wd0s2a
~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's all I can think of, if there's another file/output you need, let
me know. Thanks for any and all help in advance. I guess my best guess
is from Xsession
startup=$HOME/.xsession
should be $HOME/.xinitrc
but I dont know.
--
Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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