xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
i run xdm normally. after logging it runs my $HOME/.xsession that starts things like fvwm2 i wanted to run gnome-session once, changed fvwm2 to /usr/local/bin/gnome-sessions after loggin in it just exits. no .xsession-errors is created. no idea where to seek error messages at all. with

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:19:15 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: i run xdm normally. after logging it runs my $HOME/.xsession that starts things like fvwm2 i wanted to run gnome-session once, changed fvwm2 to /usr/local/bin/gnome-sessions ^ Is this a typo?

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Is this a typo? According to the Handbook, /usr/local/bin/gnome-session (without trailing 's') should be executed. indeed a typo. thank you. after loggin in it just exits. no .xsession-errors is created. no idea where to seek error messages at all. Maybe errors are reported to the 1st

Re: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:40:44 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: after loggin in it just exits. no .xsession-errors is created. no idea where to seek error messages at all. Maybe errors are reported to the 1st virtual terminal where the XDM process outputs its messages to (currently

SOLVED: xdm and gdm

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
adding DisplayManager*authName:MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 solves the problem. Do you have any data about preparations that gdm do? The Handbook mentions /proc to be mounted, but that's not related. The settings gdm_enable=YES gnome_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf would