Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 21:52:35 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Kevin <kweiss@jump.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: having problems with .xsession for FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <20000512215235.A39310@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <0003675c5c84c2b6_mailit@smtp.jump.net>; from kweiss@jump.net on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:55:16PM %2B0000 References: <000367531020275f_mailit@smtp.jump.net> <0003675c5c84c2b6_mailit@smtp.jump.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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