Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:44:54 -0700 From: Mahlon Smith <reich@internetcds.com> To: "Marcel R. Wingate" <MWingate@cbm-wa.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Windows Message-ID: <4.1.19990422104349.06779540@office.martini.nu> In-Reply-To: <B704930A444AD111944F00600892E8A812AF0F@CBM-NT1>
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xdm uses a .xsession file, instead of .initrc. Be sure to chmod 755 it, it is considered a script. Mahlon At 10:39 AM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote: >How do I get xdm to use the Window Manager specified in .xinitrc? > >I login and run "startx" and get the wm I specified. If I configure xdm >according to the Complete FreeBSD book, I get just twm. > >Also, when I login as root, I can run startx. However, if I login as the >user I set up (as a member of the wheel group), I am unable to run >startx...it says that it can't find the command. > > Thank you, > Marcel R. Wingate > Systems Analyst > Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer > > So may a thousand actions, once afoot, > End in one purpose, and be well borne > Without defeat. > W. Shakespeare, Henry V, I.ii 211-13 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------ Mahlon Smith InternetCDS 541.773.9600 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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