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Subject: Re: xdm recycling 
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> 
> In message <341F5F4A.33C9@ix.netcom.com>, Richard Scranton writes:
> } >> also xdm is behaving very poorly and when invoked as a deamon from the
> } >> command line merely "cycles" when you try and log in.  so if user
> } >> applebaum logs in successfully, xdm starts doing something (what i don't
> } >> know) it seems like the server actually exits (the screen goes black,
> } >> clicking hardware noises in the monitor) and whamo there is the login
> } >> screen again.
> } 
> } If you don't have a .xsession file in your home directory, you
> } won't get very far.  Remember too, it must be marked executable.
> 
> Nonsense.  If a user doesn't have an .xsession, a default session is used
> (see /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession). It would probably pay to check out 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors to see what the problem is.

Not being able to write .Xauthority is a corker too.

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>    Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com | hamilton@pitviper.med.ge.com
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