Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:23:49 -0700 From: "John L. Utz III" <john@utzweb.net> To: jim@wingbarscafe.com Cc: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using xdm and twm on freebsd 6.2 Message-ID: <E230C653-E1DC-491F-A643-7CFDB8DE3B0F@utzweb.net> In-Reply-To: <1175788574.8742.29.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com> References: <1175788574.8742.29.camel@nuthatch.wingbarscafe.com>
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Heh;
this was a real hair puller for me at one point.
xdm uses it's own init stuff.
in the xfree86 days i ran into a problem where i would get fvwm if i
did startx (that was what i wanted) and twm if i did xdm :-)
i suspect that in xorg the default xdm init isnt shipped anymore.
i would google for twm xdm and xfree86 and you might find a copy of
the xdm init stuff that was in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{xinit or xdm}
(cant recall which)
HTH
johnu
On Apr 5, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Jim Seymour wrote:
> As simple as this seems to be I cannot get xdm and twm to play
> together.
> What I would like to be able to do is log in using xdm and have the
> same
> end result as if I had logged in from a text console and issued
> "startx".
>
> When I log in via a text console and issue "startx", I get the window
> arrangement I set in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. This is the end
> result I am trying to reach. The only difference being using xdm to
> log
> in instead of text console.
>
> The xsession-errors file is empty and I have tried .xinitrc
> and .xsession files to no avail. The only option I see after
> logging in
> via xdm is Failsafe/Default and this loads a blank, useless screen or
> the screen goes blank and reloads the login page again. Using
> Google and
> man pages, I have not been able to find an answer.
>
> This is on an old Compaq Armada 7750MT laptop with 64mb ram and a
> Pentium 166.
>
> Thanks for any and all help/advise,
> --
> Jim Seymour <jim@wingbarscafe.com>
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