earle@POSEUR.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle - Sun JPL on-site Software Support) (11/30/89)
This may sound bizarre, but ever since I started using `xdm', `xmh' acts like it's gotten a lobotomy. Most of the time it comes up and claims my inbox folder is completely empty (!!!). Every once in a while it comes up properly (with a `rescanning inbox' pop-up), but even then, when new mail comes in, hitting `Incorporate new mail' returns immediately (!!!), and hitting `Rescan folder' briefly brings up an empty (!) pop-up, which goes away almost immediately. All of the normal MH commands still work just fine (as is expected), so it's xmh that is getting fry-brained. The only thing I could think of is that now that I'm using `xdm', my ~/.login file never gets read by anything, but there's nothing that gets tossed into the environment in ~/.login that xmh/MH would care about (or so it seems). Any ideas?!? - Greg Earle Sun Microsystems, Inc. - JPL on-site Software Support earle@poseur.JPL.NASA.GOV (Direct) ...!sun!poseur!earle earle@Sun.COM (Indirect) ...!sun!earle Disclaimer: I have enough problems with my employer as it is without you thinking that I speak for them in any way, shape or form. So don't.
keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard) (12/01/89)
> This may sound bizarre, but ever since I started using `xdm', `xmh' acts > like it's gotten a lobotomy. Most of the time it comes up and claims my > inbox folder is completely empty (!!!). Every once in a while it comes > up properly (with a `rescanning inbox' pop-up), but even then, when new > mail comes in, hitting `Incorporate new mail' returns immediately (!!!), Sounds like your path isn't getting set correctly to me; xdm starts up your .xsession file, but doesn't even read your .cshrc file for you. I made my .xsession file a csh script (bleah) which sources ~/.cshrc before starting xmh. This way, I can get PATH pointing at the mh executables which xmh uses. I suspect the additional 'source ~/.cshrc' is not needed, but my PMAX executes it so quickly that I've never tried removing it... Keith Packard MIT X Consortium (.xsession file:) #!/bin/csh -f source ~/.cshrc xrdb -load $HOME/.../Xres ... xmh & ...
MAP@LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael A. Patton) (12/01/89)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 12:02:01 -0500 From: keith@expo.lcs.mit.edu (Keith Packard) ...I suspect the additional 'source ~/.cshrc' is not needed, but my PMAX executes it so quickly that I've never tried removing it... #!/bin/csh -f source ~/.cshrc The "-f" on the first line says "don't source the users .cshrc file". so if you say that, you DO need the second line If you remove the "-f" and the second line it should also work.