Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-26 Thread Coronya
You don't need that following the window manager. It can even prevent a window manager from working. Try that with window maker and you'll be bombed straight to the console. Coronya Debianized for now 37 days On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Pollywog wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST),

~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED], # I created ~/.xsession and added the line Try 'chmod +x ~/.xsession'. Hi all.. here's what's happening: I created ~/.xsession and it causes X to restart immediately upon login (I type my password, hit return(enter) and poof! the screen flickers and I'm

Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen
--- Pascal Hos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here's what's happening: I created ~/.xsession and it causes X to restart immediately upon login (I type my password, hit return(enter) and poof! the screen flickers and I'm prompted again for user name and password) I've tried about 5

Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED], # Hi all.. # here's what's happening: # I created ~/.xsession and it causes X to restart # immediately upon login (I type my password, hit # return(enter) and poof! the screen flickers and # I'm prompted again for user name and password) # # I've tried about 5

SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen
Hi all.. thanks foir all your help, because of you I figured it out. for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I haven't figured out why) and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer loaded, so I had to load it myself from my .xsession script. so now my last line of my .xsession is: exec

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Pollywog
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST), Xucaen said: does anyone know why creating .xsession causes fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know why I don't think you need the following your window manager. -- Andrew

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread mike polniak
Xucaen wrote: Hi all.. thanks foir all your help, because of you I figured it out. for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I haven't figured out why) and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer loaded, so I had to load it myself from my .xsession script. so now my last line of

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED], # Hi all.. # thanks foir all your help, because of you I # figured it out. # # for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I # haven't figured out why) # and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer # loaded, so I had to load it myself from my # .xsession

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Thursday, January 25, Pollywog did write: On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST), Xucaen said: does anyone know why creating .xsession causes fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know why I don't think you need the following your window manager. True, exec

Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:20:54PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: You know, it *might* be useful to include your .xsession. Just a bit. :) The fact that you have one means that it overrides any system default, no? Are you exec'ing a WM? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL

SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen
--- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:20:54PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: You know, it *might* be useful to include your .xsession. Just a bit. :) The fact that you have one means that it overrides any system default, no? Are you