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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:40:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>
To: Mack Lobell <macklobell@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to start xfce from kdm
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you'll need a .xsession file to get that to work correctly.

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Matt Snow
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On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Mack Lobell wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i'm trying to use the kdm (KDE's display manager) on my FreeBSD (4.6 stable)
> system to start xfce. xfce seems to start but the wm(??) doesn't work. Every
> window (application) i create is missing the "top bar" (where you close,
> minimize, maximize the applications).
>
> If i hit startx everything works fine, it's just when i start it from kdm.
>
> The following lines have been added to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession:
>
> case $# in
> 1)
>     case $1 in
>     XFCE)
>         exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce
>         ;;
>     GNOME)
>         exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session
>         ;;
>     kde)
>         exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
>         ;;
>     failsafe)
>         exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
>         ;;
>     esac
> esac
>
>
> I don't have a ~/.xsession file (didn't think i needed one).
>
> I'm using xfce 3.8.16 and have installed the complete KDE 3.0.2.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards.
>
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