On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, David Roundy wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 03:21:27AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Dale Morris wrote: > > > > > > > Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed with X. When I removed > > > > it, X starts back up using my .xsession file, but there are no window > > > > managers or terminals on the menu in fvwm2. Those selections have > > > > disappeared. What can I do to get them back? Is there more recent > > > > or more understandable documentation that explains how this xinit > > > > process works? > > > > > > > aarrrrggh!! Now I see that Netscape has also disappeared from the menu, > > > too. update-menus does nothing. > > > > that probably means that the debian menus are not used. > > > > your problem is not related to xdm, check the configuration of fvwm, > > check the menus etc. > > This sounds right. You might try (if you haven't configured fvwm yourself) > running an `apt-get --purge remove fvwm` followed by `apt-get install Thanks, that works. Still this xdm process seems rather confusing. Some script is keeping my .Xresources/.Xdefaults file from being read and my debian menus are not correct. update-menu doesn't help and the only way I can get programs in the xwm menu is to apt-get --purge remove and then apt-get install.
I've tried the how-to on Karsten's page, doesn't seem to work in woody.. Well, thanks for your help dale