xsession not executing

1999-12-17 Thread Cyrus Patel
Hi all, I recently installed gdm to see what it was like and then went back to xdm. When I installed xdm, it removed gdm, but now when I login at the xdm console it doesn't execute my .xsession file but instead just opens an xterm without a window manager. When I then type ./.xsession in the

Re: xsession not executing

1999-12-17 Thread W. Paul Mills
check /etc/X11/config for the line allow-user-xsession. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyrus Patel) writes: Hi all, I recently installed gdm to see what it was like and then went back to xdm. When I installed xdm, it removed gdm, but now when I login at the xdm console it doesn't execute my

Re: .xsession not executing

1997-12-16 Thread Will Lowe
On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man pages for x and xdm, but they don't say anything about permissions other than to be executable. I've

Re: .xsession not executing

1997-12-16 Thread hawk
Other than not being executable, all I can think of is that you may not have allow-user-xsession in /etc/X11/config. that's it. I wonder why i didn't get one of those to start; I think i used to. rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- TO

Re: .xsession not executing

1997-12-16 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man pages for x and xdm, but they don't say anything about permissions other than to be executable. I've

Re: .xsession not executing

1997-12-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 07:06:44PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man pages for x and xdm, but they don't say

.xsession not executing

1997-12-15 Thread hawk
I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man pages for x and xdm, but they don't say anything about permissions other than to be executable. I've tried 700, but this doesn't seem to do it. rick --

Re: .xsession not executing

1997-12-15 Thread robert havoc pennington
On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man pages for x and xdm, but they don't say anything about permissions other than to be executable. I've