From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GDU58-00042l-Uh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:41:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7GMd5Hu006338; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:39:05 GMT Received: from forum.psychotherapie.org (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7GMZIDe009144 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:35:18 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by forum.psychotherapie.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id k7GMZHGT018447 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:35:17 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id k7GMRNdi010907 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:27:23 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:27:23 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user Subject: [gentoo-user] TIP: when xdm terminates immediately after login Message-ID: <20060816222723.GA6624@nibiru.local> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 2b675e8b-d83b-4d4a-a99a-73267b1f13da X-Archives-Hash: 9662691fe9ad7d8398276c1f40cc70de Hi folks, just a little tip, for the archive: (took me some time to track this down) If you're using xdm and your session terminates immediately after login (w/o any clients started), you'll maybe have an bad ~/.xsession or ~/.Xclients file and also no xsm installed. The script /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession is called by xdm after login. This one now tries to call ~/.xsession (NOTE: *no* capitals!). Here you the user has to put its individual stuff, ie. starting the windowmanager, etc. Ah, this file, of course, has to be executable. If ~/.xession is missing or not executable, the Xsession script tries to call xsm as last resort. But if nothing could be started, the X session will terminate and xdm login prompt comes back. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list