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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:51:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Marcus Tse <marcustse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't setup the x-windows rc file
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971111104957.10655D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19971111054529.1834.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>

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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Marcus Tse wrote:

> to anyone who can help me out:
> 
> i have now setting up a X-windows system, but i have an
> experience that my .xsession not work even i type as same as
> whatdescribed from the xdm manpage.
> 
> the experience is as follow ---
> i have make up the .xsession file and make it excuteable. but when
> ikey in the command "startx" or "xinit" it doesn't work and it flash
> forto the xwindows screen with the pointer on it and hold it for a
> sec.and flash back to the command mode .

.xsession is only used if you login by xlogin, which you get if you run
xdm on startup.  If you use startx, you need to use .xinitrc instead.

To simplify:

cp .xsession .xinitrc
chmod u+x .xinitrc

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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