[H-GEN] Buggrit

[Jason Henry Parker]

On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 11:25:30AM +1000, Rob Kearey wrote:
> Why is it that when I log into myself using xnest through xdm, my
> .xsession file is ignored? I'm just trying to make KDE my default
> session using startkde.

The only way I can think that would happen is that the system Xsession
is not being run either.  Which presents something of a problem, since
then it wouldn't get run by a normal xdm login.  :)

I can think of a few explanations:

a) your .xsession is borked.
b) your Xsession is borked.
c) xdm doesn't like Xnest.

of the three, I like (c) the best.  X servers are started by xdm from
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, and I *think* it may be xdm's job to launch the
system Xsession (/etc/X11/Xsession) which will then start user .xsessions.

[NOTE:  Under Debian, you have to put

allow-user-xsession

in /etc/X11/config.  I don't know about redhat, or if you already have it.]

In any event, take a look at the system Xsession, and see what's going
on, it's only a shell script!  :)

---Jason Parker---ph330812 at student.uq.edu.au---
| ``This is the sort of thing up with which I |
|   will not put.''              -- Churchill |

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