Re: XFree86 3.3.5 and slink
> Quoting Rick Venable (rvenable@deimos.cber.nih.gov):
> > Because of a newer graphics card, after installing Debian 2.1 (slink)
> > from CDs I had to update my X11 software to XFree86 3.3.5. While most
> > things seem to work fine, xdm login startup seems to ignore the list in
> > window-managers, and keeps starting (ugh) twm instead of my indicated
> > default. The Xsession file /etc/X11 wasn't changed by the X11 update.
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, David Wright wrote:
> When I've run an updated X11 server becuase of new hardware, laptop etc.,
> I've only done three things: placed the new server binary in
> /usr/X11R6/bin, put its name at the top of /etc/X11/Xserver and tweaked
> /etc/X11/XF86Config to suit.
>
> Is it necessary to do more than that?
I updated the entire X11 release, because I needed a new XF86_SVGA
server, and wanted to use XF86Setup; a side effect was that it broke the
Debian customization. I think I've fixed the problem by renaming
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession and creating a link pointing to
/etc/X11/Xsession. At least now I get the first window manager listed
in /etc/X11/window-managers anyway.
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