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Date:      Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:36:21 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
To:        Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: w command appears broke in 4.1
Message-ID:  <399F19F5.AA8ED1FC@gorean.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.4.10.10008181327070.2131-100000@corona.housebsd.org> <399EDFDB.5683F244@gorean.org> <399EE589.63097E3A@gmx.de> <399EF283.C2F89175@gorean.org> <399F0EC2.77E43A62@gmx.de>

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Siegbert Baude wrote:
> 
> Hi Doug,
> 
> >         How are you logging in? If you're just using an xterm, chances are good
> > that it wouldn't be showing up.
> 
> You got it. Itīs working on the console. My first try was under logging in with
> xdm within an xterm. Strange, do you know why this isnīt working under X? There
> is nothing in the man-page I could adher to this.

	By default xterms are not login shells, and xdm doesn't register with
wtmp. 

Doug


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