> > one more, probably minor thing: with it set up for xdm, it ignores the > > .xinitrc file in my home directory. am i missing something obvious? > > Here's an example of how I sometimes launch xdm: > > xdm -config /home/syrus/.fvwmrc -session /home/syrus/.xinitrc\ > -resources /home/syrus/.Xdefaults > > That way, the files in my directory are used for the configuration. > I run this command from a script as root when I want to use xdm.
for the moment, at least, i've been leaving xdm running automatically at boot. is there a way to do this this way? come to think of it, it would have to be able to use whoever logged in's file . . .