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From: August Grammas <amg@crl.com>
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Subj: anomalous behavior of X
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    Problem:
      I am unable to configure X so that that the clock, login screen 
      and/or the xterm(s) are initially positioned where I tell them 
      to be.
      However, when X does come up, using startx, I am able to position
      and size the windows.
    
    Configuration:
      XF86Config is located in /etc
      .xinitrc   is located in $HOME
      .twmrc     is located in $HOME

    Observations:
      By deleting lines from .xinitrc, I am able to control whether or
      not a window will or will not appear.
      Describing the clock object by using either pixels or row/column
      appears to have no effect on its size.

                                       amg@crl.com