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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2000 11:58:49 +0000
From:      Kevin <kweiss@jump.net>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   SOLVED Re: having problems with .xsession for FreeBSD 4.0
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In-Reply-To: <20000512215235.A39310@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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I checked the mail archives and reread Chris's initial reply to my e-mail.

I did a 'make reinstall' for XFree86 and excluded PAM support (I think it was 
the last question asked).  This solved the problem and X now reads my
.xsession file just fine.

Thanks everyone!

Kevin Weiss
kweiss@jump.net

>On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:55:16PM +0000, Kevin wrote:
>> Let me rephrase this.  Can someone tell me what I can do to
>> correct the problem with my .xsession file?
>> 
>> Kevin Weiss
>> kweiss@jump.net
>> 
>> >Hello all,
>> >
>> >I just received FreeBSD 4.0, and I am trying to get X Window (in 
>particular, 
>> >xdm) to read my .xsession file.  
>> >
>> >First, here is my .xsession file.  This one is from another machine
>> >I have running FreeBSD 3.4:
>> >
>> >#!/bin/sh
>> ># $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $
>> >
>> >userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
>> >usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
>> >sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
>> >sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
>> >
>> ># merge in defaults and keymaps
>> >
>> >if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
>> >    xrdb -merge $sysresources
>> >fi
>> >
>> >if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
>> >    xmodmap $sysmodmap
>> >fi
>> >
>> >if [ -f $userresources ]; then
>> >    xrdb -merge $userresources
>> >fi
>> >
>> >if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
>> >    xmodmap $usermodmap
>> >fi
>> >
>> ># start some nice programs
>> >
>> >xterm -geometry 80x24-240+180 &
>> >blackbox
>> >
>> >
>> >It is not reading my .xsession file, so everytime I try to login,
>> >xdm just returns me back to the login screen.  I checked to make sure my 
>> >.xsession file was executable (it was-- chmod 544), and even tried 
linking 
>> >.xsession to .xinitrc (didn't work).  Startx runs fine with
>> >any of my installed window managers, so I at least know that X Window
>> >is working.  Could this be a problem with my path (or lack thereof)?
>> >
>> >Thank you in advance!
>
>Is there anything in .xsession-errors? (Or $TMPDIR/xses-$USER or
>/tmp/xses-$USER?)
>
>Excuse me if I should know this, but what is "blackbox?" Is this
>command present on your system? What does it do?
>-- 
>Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
>
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