Re: login then .xsession stuff

[Paolo Pantaleo <paolopantaleo@gmail.com>]

2005/10/4, Fred J. <phddas@yahoo.com>:
> Hello
>
> When I boot up with my debian testing/usnstable
> 2.6.12, it gives the login screen wdm. I have icewm
> selected and like to use it. But I want to see xterm
> and emacs open as soon as I login. So I created
> .xsession file in my home directory and in it I put
> #! /bin/bash
> #
> xterm –bg black –fg white &
> emacs &
> exec /usr/bin/icewm
>
> >From the wdm, I select "default" as the window manager
> to start, type in login in info, hit Go, it goes and
> comes back (the same login screen).
> >From the wdm, I select icewm as the window manager; it
> logs me in but does not open the xterm and emacs as
> expected.
>
> Could some one help?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Just a suggestion, you can set some icewm internal (like a session
manager if it exists... ido not know) to load emacs & Co.
(I am not so sure that a display manager will execute .xsession)

PAolo