On my laptop I removed the xdm init.d links instead of the xdm package so when I update I get xdm back. This time I decided to start using xdm to manage logins.
This caused icewm to no longer display the little mailbox icon, so it turned out that the problem was that MAIL was not being set when logging in with xdm. >From what I gather, login(1) sets MAIL, but xdm bypasses login. So, I'm wondering why MAIL is not being set with xdm (seem like it should) and I'd also like to understand how it gets set normally when using login -- e.g. is it read set in a startup script? I assume there's a setting to say mail is in /var/mail/$USER. Secondly, is there a simple explanation of the boot and login process for Debian? Something that explains the order of programs and scripts run. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
