Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

[Brad <lists@anomie.dhis.org>]

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On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:

> Do I have to start up WindowMaker from my .xsession file (as
> I do for RedHat) or is it enough to rely on
> /etc/X11/window-managers ?

Yes, you do have to run the window manager explicitly if you use an
.xsession file.

You can have your .xsession use /etc/X11/window-managers, though. Just
place this at the bottom of your .xsession (code shamelessly ripped from
/etc/X11/Xsession)

#### Start code ####

  if [ -e /etc/X11/window-managers ]; then
    for i in `sed 's/#.*//' /etc/X11/window-managers`; do
      if [ -x $i ]; then
        realstartup=$i
        break
      fi
    done
  elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-window-manager ]; then
    realstartup=x-window-manager
  fi

  if [ -z "$realstartup" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ]; then
      realstartup=x-terminal-emulator
    else
      # fatal error
      exec > /dev/tty
      echo -n ".xsession: unable to start X session: "
      echo "no window managers, and no terminal emulators found."
      exit 1
    fi
  fi

  exec $realstartup

##### End code #####


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