From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 22 10:47:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from martini.office.cdsnet.net (martini.office.cdsnet.net [204.118.245.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E183114FA3 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:47:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reich@internetcds.com) Received: (qmail 10924 invoked from network); 22 Apr 1999 17:44:59 -0000 Received: from godiva.office.cdsnet.net (HELO godiva) (204.118.245.11) by martini.office.cdsnet.net with SMTP; 22 Apr 1999 17:44:59 -0000 Message-Id: <4.1.19990422104349.06779540@office.martini.nu> X-Sender: mailgrab@office.martini.nu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:44:54 -0700 To: "Marcel R. Wingate" From: Mahlon Smith Subject: Re: X Windows Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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