mcneill@eplrx7.UUCP (mcneill) (04/13/89)
Hello,
I just switched our uVaxen from decwindows to pure MIT X11R3. I have a few
questions about xdm. I used the setup specified in the xdm man page.
1) Is there a way for xterms to inherit the environment from the 1st
xterm? Using the old /etc/ttys way of starting up xwindows the login
xterm would source .login. Subsequent xterms seem to inherit the
environment from the 1st xterm. Using xdm it seems as though I will
have to force each xterm to source .login by putting in xterm -ls in my
.uwmrc/.twmrc. Is this true?
2) Is there a way to catch console output....a la ultrix's xcons.
3) twm seems much slowerrrr....
Thanks,
Keith
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| Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0357keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard) (04/14/89)
Some answers to some questions. 1) Is there a way for xterms to inherit the environment from the 1st xterm? Using the old /etc/ttys way of starting up xwindows the login xterm would source .login. Subsequent xterms seem to inherit the To get a session launched from xdm to load your .login file, you can use the creative hack for your .xsession file: ----- .xsession ------ #!/bin/csh -f source ~/.cshrc source ~/.login ... This way you get your .login file read into your base environment. Be careful to avoid using terminal-setup programs in .login though, as this starting session will have no terminal. 2) Is there a way to catch console output....a la ultrix's xcons. Just cat /dev/xcons > console_log_file if you're running ultrix 3.0. For older versions, run xterm -C as one of the terminals. For output which messes up the screen before you login, you lose for now. I wrote a trivial program which cats /dev/xcons until the session is over and then exits. 3) twm seems much slowerrrr.... Twms menus are pretty bad. I hope they get replaced. Fortunately, my DECStation 3100 makes them bearable. Keith Packard MIT X Consortium (617) 253-1428 keith@expo.lcs.mit.edu
toml@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Tom LaStrange) (04/15/89)
>3) twm seems much slowerrrr.... > >Twms menus are pretty bad. I hope they get replaced. Fortunately, my >DECStation 3100 makes them bearable. I have basically rewritten the menu code for the R4 version of twm. Hopefully it will perform better for you. -- Tom LaStrange Hewlett Packard Co. ARPA: toml%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com Graphics Technology Division UUCP: hplabs!hpfcla!toml Fort Collins, CO
bmc@mayo.EDU (Bruce Cameron) (02/19/91)
I am running xdm as the display manager for 3 xterminals (foreign to the xdm host machine). Since the xdm host machine's console is a ascii dumb terminal, it is not possible to have xdm manage that display as well. I have noticed that the console of the xdm host will lock up as long as xdm is running. Machine: Sun 4/330 SunOS 4.1.1 X11R4 Questions: How can I avoid having xdm lock the console? Is this a common occurence with other types of consoles, or just with ascii dumb terminals (would a graphics terminal also lock up)? A related question, If one of my xterminals reboots, how can I restart the xdm connection to it without affecting the other xterminals xdm serves? Thanks for any and all help. --Bruce ---------------------------------------------------- Bruce M. Cameron bmc@bru.mayo.edu Medical Sciences 1-14 (507) 284-3288 Mayo Foundation WD9CKW 200 1st ST SW Rochester, MN 55905 ----------------------------------------------------