From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 1 11:56:30 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71582D3429 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:56:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49D9hF1mj2z4R3j for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=rcn.com; s=20180516; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@rcn.com; t=1588334188; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=McWXqYNeiKK9+aJBaL1iay7sHIA=; b=cq7POa0Eky+D1kYkYa6S9pml1r//x3jxZVfU9xcx8iLSYKuVBgrwWsH35ivH3aZF GOb/18DOxV1tEEqEIXdFkcbcaadYk71xwZb/Clo4DZCsAzzlat5KIY8V+VorQpEL zcSi06xRCJVQLdWzKVKA+u2ec+5jMlmUUl88/smGK+x6SudwLbKCDSUzyHarnhUC 6G/fSkYsXe/crK14csQ/HYIZ0juIknaHzHELMhxnddwuxy4yUQMZXAbA8dkCp45U xCXhI62rw6pB+N2ilhz6phSWp/Gn7ElNZg3zcAn90F8uPbDYJhxucyPJ/5ywwnB6 NwR1sWkhRlFyOsepsKh8mA==; X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=Z5uS40ZA c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=sTwFKg_x9MkA:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=5IwLqanMzzdpc0O7VmMA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:24623] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id 40/CE-10869-B6E0CAE5; Fri, 01 May 2020 07:56:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <24236.3691.152243.385927@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 07:56:27 -0400 From: Robert Huff To: Polytropon Cc: Robert Huff , Brandon helsley , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xdm var/log/xdm.log In-Reply-To: <20200501073326.ace7ae66.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20200501051811.2b24d320.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200501053836.76a32eaf.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200501060500.4a89db8b.freebsd@edvax.de> <24235.45694.473965.863585@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20200501073326.ace7ae66.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.3 (amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49D9hF1mj2z4R3j X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=rcn.com header.s=20180516 header.b=cq7POa0E; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=rcn.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of roberthuff@rcn.com designates 69.168.97.78 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=roberthuff@rcn.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.64 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rcn.com:s=20180516]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-1.54)[ip: (-9.05), ipnet: 69.168.97.0/24(0.66), asn: 36271(0.72), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[rcn.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rcn.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[78.97.168.69.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[78.97.168.69.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.17]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 11:56:30 -0000 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