Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 18:55:16 +0000 From: Kevin <kweiss@jump.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: having problems with .xsession for FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <0003675c5c84c2b6_mailit@smtp.jump.net> In-Reply-To: <000367531020275f_mailit@smtp.jump.net> References: <000367531020275f_mailit@smtp.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 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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