Good observation...I had not noticed the $startup. Also, the reason I was copying my global Xsession, was so that I can modify it for myself and not mess with the global.
Thanks for the help Greg Green Alan Su wrote: > Greg Green wrote (Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:12:45 -0700 ): > |>Hi, > |>I am having a very frustrating time with my .xsession. I can login just > |>fine if I don't have a .xsession of my own, but if I copy the > |>/etc/X11/Xsession to my $HOME/.xsession, my console just hangs. After > |>this hanging, I have to reboot. > |> > |>Here is what my Xsession looks like (the one I copy to $HOME/.xsession) > |>#! /bin/sh > |># > |>[...] > |>startup=$HOME/.xsession > > This is the first thing to notice...$startup is the file to which you > have copied the global Xsession file. > > |>[...] > |>if [ -x $startup ] && grep -q ^allow-user-xsession /etc/X11/config > |>then > |> exec $startup > |>else > |>[...] > > Here's your problem. It's going into an infinite loop, reading your > $HOME/.xsession file. > > Why do you want to copy the global Xsession file to $HOME/.xsession? > > -alan > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .