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Subject: Re: having problems with .xsession for FreeBSD 4.0
From: Kevin <kweiss@jump.net>
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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!
>
>Kevin Weiss
>kweiss@jump.net
>
>
>
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