Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 07:33:26 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xdm var/log/xdm.log Message-ID: <20200501073326.ace7ae66.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <24235.45694.473965.863585@jerusalem.litteratus.org> 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>
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 01:24:14 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > 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. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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