kane@XENURUS.GOULD.COM (Patrick E Kane) (01/31/89)
I'm if this is your problem, you did not says what OS you using. Many SYSV kernels (e.g. ours) do not know how to "exec" shell scripts. When "xdm" trys to "exec" xdm's Xsession (which runs the user's .xsession file) file the system call fails and an error msg is printed in the "xdm-errors" file. A quick fix is to patch your "xdm-config" file to look like this: DisplayManager*session: /bin/sh /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession ^^^^^^^ The main problem with the fix is that on my system I must append an "&" to the last command in my .xsession file otherwise the process hangs when it is killed.... I will track down the problem whne I have the time. Pat Kane Motorola, INC Urbana, IL