From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 13 07:36:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA06902 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 07:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chrysanthemum.localdomain (root@dial164.cygnus.uwa.edu.au [203.24.97.164]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA06894 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 07:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chrysanthemum.localdomain (mayd@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chrysanthemum.localdomain (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA02707 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:29:02 +0800 (WST) Message-Id: <199709131429.WAA02707@chrysanthemum.localdomain> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with finger and X. From: "David May, at a FreeBSD 2.2.2 host, somewhere in the Outback" Reply-to: mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:29:00 +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David May wrote: > I checked the utmp file and there is no record for my login xterm. My > .xsmstartup file contains a line "xterm -ls" and this xterm does execute when > I login via xdm. > You also need to check your settings ~/.Xdefaults to confirm it contains the following setting: XTerm*UtmpInhibit: False -- David May mailto: mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au PGP Public Key: finger mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au phone: +61 41 216 8967