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From: Gong Wei <ccegongw@nus.edu.sg>
To: "'mi@aldan.algebra.com'" <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: RE: KDM and FreeBSD 3.3
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:09:04 +0800
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Hi all,

Yes there is a file /tmp/xses- created which contains a single line of
output:"Error: cannot open display".

Since this means /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession has been called.  So I've
modified that file, add in a line near the top "set > /tmp/report".  After
that, I restar the KDM, try login, got this in the /tmp/report file:
=====================
MAIL=/var/mail/ccegongw
PS1=$ 
OPTIND=1
PS2=> 
BLOCKSIZE=K
TERM=su
PATH=/home/ccegongw/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.XauthJa4048
IFS= 	
============

However, if I kill the KDM and start a XDM instead, this is what I get from
the /tmp/report file:
====================
USER=ccegongw
HOME=/home/ccegongw
PS1=$ 
OPTIND=1
PS2=> 
LOGNAME=ccegongw
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bi
n
DISPLAY=:0
SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash
IFS= 	
===========

I am really surprised since some important environment variables are not set
when using KDM.

PS: I can start kde without any problem if login through xdm.  The last line
of my ~/.xsession file is "ssh-agent /usr/local/bin/startkde".

Thanks to all for your time and effort!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mikhail Teterin [mailto:mi@aldan.algebra.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:16 AM
To: Gong Wei
Subject: Re: KDM and FreeBSD 3.3


Gong Wei once wrote:

> I've searched the KDE mailing list, seems someone also facing the same
> problem. Too bad he said he had  solve it, by looking at the two error
> log file (xdm-error, ~/.xsession-error).

Check for  the /tmp/*xsession-error*  too. Sometimes,  it may  go there.
Also, the name  of the selected session (kde, failsafe)  is given to the
.xsession  script as  an argument.  Is  you ~/.Xclients  looking at  the
arguments at all?

Also, is /usr/X11R6/bin in the PATH?

	-mi


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