On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:35:39AM -0700, Richard Otte wrote: > Hi, > I have gdm installed, but am unable to have any commands executed at > startup in .xsession or .xinitrc. I have the line > exec wmaker& > in my .xsession file, but when I choose xsession in gdm the screen goes > blank and I'm shortly returned to the gdm login session. I can login > by choosing windowmaker in gdm, and I then find that the > file .xsession-errors is created, and contains the line: > /usr/bin/WindowMaker warning: could not find icon file "wmaker-nav.tif" > I created a .xinitrc and put commands in it, such as: > xplanetbg& > but they are ignored. Does anybody know what files gdm will look > at when starting up an xsession? Look in /etc/gdm >I looked at the file > /etc/gdm/Sessions/Xsession and noticed it contained the line: > startup=$HOME/.xsession > which I thought would tell it to use my .xsession file in my home > directory. Does anybody know what is wrong with my .xsession file that > would throw me back to gdm? (by accident, I originally didn't have > .xsession executable, and then I could login, but .xsession was ignored > and I got some other default window manager). Thanks very much, Could you post your .xsession? -- Jerome
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