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> References: <3978E49A.9BC088C0@ispchannel.com> <20000721222444.A65216@gforce.johnson.home> <39792F33.B7F7FFF4@ispchannel.com> <20000722004411.A526@gforce.johnson.home> <3951AE4D.4226AB6E@ispchannel.com> <20000722203251.A44213@skitty.catseye.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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