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Re: Yet Another X question



on Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:51:02PM -0500, Rob Zietlow (zietlow@berbee.com) wrote:
> I just installed Debian on my system.  Because I wanted a new version of
> Window maker, I didn't install an X-window manager.  I compiled Window maker
> and all that good jazz.  I ran all the setups,  Now when I login to xdm
> (remotely) I get nothing.  when I login locally I get the desktop (whoopie)
> so I am figuring I need to edit something in /etc/X11/xdm  but I am not
> exactly sure which file and what exactly I put in.  Can anyone help me out
> quick?

I use wdm rather than xdm (it's prettier ;-) on my laptop only (desktop
startup is from console).  wdm uses a resource setting to specify
startup options.  I believe in xdm you just create an .xinitrc with your
startup preferences.

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