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Re: Yet Another X question



On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:51:02PM -0500, Rob Zietlow 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?

Have you got an .xsession file? If not, you need to create it, and
execute windowmaker. Find the name of the windowmaker binary, and put
the following in your .xsession

        exec wmaker(or whatever)

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