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Re: [TCLUG:3548] xdm



Hi
    I guess there is some problem with your KDE installation. Is
startkde in your PATH. Check with "which startkde". Also you need to setup
the env. variable KDEDIR as the dir where you install KDE (usually
/opt/kde)

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Serge M. Egelman wrote:

> i checked that.  Didn't help, but I have a new problem now: when I run xdm
> and log in, it just brings me back to the xdm screen again.
> 
> serge
> 
> trammell@nitz.hep.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> > Hello all:
> >
> > serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman) wrote:
> >
> > > i seem to be having a problem with xdm:
> > > Whenever I run xdm or kdm, twm is always launched after logging in.
> > > I have modified my Xsession file so that it checks $HOME/.xinitrc
> > > but that doesn't make any difference (my .xinitrc just contains
> > > "startkde").  Does anyone know what's going on?
> >
> > One (frustrating!) problem I ran in to was that some of the ~/.x*rc
> > files need to have their execute bits set to run properly, unlike
> > ~/.cshrc and the like.
> >
> > HTH.  HAND.  :-)
> >
> > John
> >
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