Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Monday 14 December 2009 12:22:42 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote:
> > > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use.
> > > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user
> > > system.
> >
> > So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display
> > Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up?
> > (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing
> > this).
> 
> I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options
> to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried
> once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use
> the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that
> latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible.

You're right, although xdm can be beautified if you have the time or 
inclination to look into /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources.

When I am looking for my XSESSION I get nothing:

$ echo $SESSION


How do I set this up, other than Mike's suggestion of '/etc/env.d/90xsession'?
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Regards,
Mick

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