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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
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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


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