On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 12 Dec 1996, Rob Browning wrote:
>
> > "Carlo U. Segre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Indeed, that is what I meant above by saying that the configuration files
> > > seem OK. Both the Xresources files have valid entries in them for the
> > > 'greetColor' (CadetBlue) and 'greeting' (Debian Linux (CLIENTHOST)).
> > > Clearly the configuration files are not the problem but something else
> > > must be set improperly.
> >
> > I have the same problem here, so you're not alone. The files are fine,
> > but xdm appears to ignore them...
> >
>
> The problem is that xdm uses xrdb to read these configuration files
> in. xrdb has been broken for a while. It crashes if run with no
> options. My solution was to mv xrdb to xrdb.bin and create a shell
> script named xrdb that run xrdb.bin with the -nocpp option.
>
Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem for me. Maybe I didn't
follow the instructions correctly. The script file I put in xrdb is:
#! /bin/sh
/usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb.bin -nocpp
I still do not get the proper login screen. Maybe a bug report is in
order?
Cheers,
Carlo
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