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Date:      Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:54:17 +0200
From:      Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com>
Subject:   Re: Can't start xdm on boot ???
Message-ID:  <397B3149.C2F6D29@gmx.de>
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Hello,

Timothy Legant wrote:
> > I forgot to mention the file /root/.xsession is executable and contains
> > only 1 line:
Instead of fumbling with everyones personal .xsession files you can also
tweak 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession  

> > exec startkde
> 
> I have a vague recollection that the environment in which xdm executes is
> minimal. In other words, startkde almost assuredly is not in the path,
> so it fails to start and xdm takes over again.
> 
> My .xsession reads
> 
> PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> exec wmaker
To adapt the PATH for all users you can change /etc/login.conf instead.


> 
> You probably need to set the path to startkde, or state it explicitly
> 
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startkde
For me it's:
exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
I don't know, if this still is necessary after changing /etc/login.conf


Ciao
Siegbert


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