Scribbling feverishly on April 15, Collins managed to emit:
> Kurt,
>
> How about posting your xdm setup. I wanted to use xdm, but I never
> could find any way to use it other than to hard code xfce as a choice.
> Do you have xdm setup such that you can choose different window
> managers and a shutdown to bare console?
Sorry, Collins, I can't help you here. I only use XFCE, don't have
any other window managers installed (well, twm and OpenLook) and
don't use <reverb>Desktop Environments</reverb>, so I have a pretty
simple setup. That said, the meat of the xdm setup I use here is:
----- /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession -----
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: Xsession /main/10 1995/12/18 18:21:28 gildea $
#
#
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xsession,v 1.2 1998/01/11 03:48:32 dawes Exp $
# Modified for Slackware-3.5, 28-Mar-98 volkerdi
# Extensively rewritten for Slackware 7.0, 03-Oct-1999 volkerdi
# Patched to give priority to $HOME/.xsession, 10-Oct-1999 volkerdi
# Merged changes into upstream (XFree86-4.0.2) version, 17-Feb-2001 volkerdi
# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can
for errfile in "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/xses-$USER" "/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
then
chmod 600 "$errfile"
exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
break
fi
done
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
# Since xdm doesn't run a bash -login shell (or any other login shell)
# then read the files that it would, to set up the user's environment
profile=/etc/profile
userprofile=~/.profile
if [ -e $profile ]; then
source $profile
fi
if [ -e $userprofile ]; then
source $userprofile
fi
# The path built into XFree86's xdm binary assumes it's running some kind
# of BSD (/usr/ucb, /etc) so this section makes sure all the standard
# Linux binary directories are included:
if [ "`whoami`" = "root" ]; then
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
else
PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
fi
# If the user has a .xsession, we should give priority to this for
# security reasons. Of course, this means that if you have a $HOME/.xsession
# that the session selecting feature of KDM won't work for you until you
# delete it. It's slightly annoying, but the safe way to handle it.
if [ -f $HOME/.xsession ]; then
exec $HOME/.xsession
fi
# If a particular session type was requested in $1, start that session:
case $# in
1)
case $1 in
failsafe)
exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
;;
kde)
exec startkde
;;
gnome)
exec gnome-session
;;
openwin)
exec olvwm
;;
fvwm2)
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec fvwm2
;;
fvwm95)
exec fvwm95
;;
blackbox)
exec blackbox
;;
windowmaker)
if [ ! -f $HOME/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker ]; then
wmaker.inst
fi
exec wmaker
;;
afterstep)
exec afterstep
;;
enlightenment)
exec enlightenment
;;
twm)
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login &
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec twm
;;
esac
esac
# If the user doesn't have their own xsession and none was specified in
# $1, then run the system default session type:
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
if [ -s "$startup" -a -x "$startup" ]; then
exec "$startup"
else
if [ -r "$resources" ]; then
xrdb -load "$resources"
fi
exec xsm
fi
----- end /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession -----
The key point is that is sources $HOME/.xession, which in turn sources
$HOME/.xinitrc:
----- $HOME/.xinitrc -----
#!/bin/sh
xset fp+ "/usr/local/share/xfce/fonts"
# Finally, launch XFce window manager
exec /usr/local/bin/xfwm
----- end $HOME/.xinitrc -----
Hope this helps,
Kurt
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