Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:52:54 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley <bsampley@slip.net> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: Brian Fischman <gameboy@interpath.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112165047.881G-100000@bsampley.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980111223752.007c4220@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>
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One other minor point to add. $HOME/.xsession must be executable to work. Just do ls -la. If it's not executable then chmod 700 ./.xsession -burton- On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Jason Wells wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 22:37:52 +0000 > From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> > To: Brian Fischman <gameboy@interpath.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: xdm > > At 00:44 1/12/98 -0500, you wrote: > >I have a problem, when i run startx everything works fine, however when > >i run xdm, after i login the screen gets messed up and 3 secs later i am > >at the login screen again, this is a never ending cycle, any > >suggestsions? > >Brian > > When you start X by using 'startx', the file '~/.xinitrc' is read in order > to set up your session. The analog of '.xinitrc' is '~/.xsession'. Xdm > reads '/.xsession' to set up your session. > > I venture a guess that you do not have a '.xsession' file. If you do, then > I might guess that it does not refer to a window manager. You must start a > window manager in order to run a session. > > Read your existing '.xinitrc' for some ideas on what should be in your > '.xsession'. > > I am not sure that this reply will fully answer your question. I hope that > this gives you some ideas. > > Read man X carefully. This info about how startx and xdm are initialized is > in there. But that man page is sooooo big sometimes it is easy to start > skimming and miss important stuff. I was tripped up on xdm for a while but > the man page got me started. > > I use xdm myself. I prefer it for the sole reason that I like the login > widget. YMMV. > > Good luck, > Jason Wells > >
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