Rob, I hope you don't mind. I'm forwarding this message to the list as it seems relevant.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 12 Jun 1996 13:12:23 -0500 From: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: .xinitrc Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. This is redundant. The default debian setup does all this for you. Check out /etc/X11/Xsession. That's what debian xdm runs to start up a session. -- Rob
