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Re: [TCLUG:3548] xdm



On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:19:19PM -0600, 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.

That should only be the case if you are using non-/bin/sh shell
syntax in your ~/.x*rc.  Without the execute bit, it should be executed
with /bin/sh.  With the execute bit, it should be executed according
to the #!<shell> at the top of the file.

-Shawn

> 
> HTH.  HAND.  :-)
> 
> John
> 
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