[comp.windows.x] Problems with xdm and uwm.

jonnyg@ROVER.UMD.EDU (Jon Greenblatt) (11/11/88)

	I am having problems with windows not apearing in my startup
using xdm. I think the problem lies in uwm and multiple windows
trying to map themselves at once. Has anyone else noticed this
problem or is it just my machine? Here is my .xsession file:

	uwm &
	xcalc -geometry -25+100 &
	xclock -analog -geometry 164x164-20-20 -rv -bd white &
	xbiff -geometry -210-20 -rv &
	xload -geometry 150x50-3+3 -rv -bw 1 -bd white &
	xterm -rv -C -n Console -sb -geometry 60x15-5+348 -e tcsh -i -b do-console &
	exec xterm -geometry 80x50+1+1 -rv -fn 9x15 -sb -sl 500 -n RoverLogin -ls


	I plan to make a bug report but I would like to know if the problem
is machine dependent before I do. The problem gets worse under high system
loads. I have temporarily fixed the problem with a series of sleep
commands and by moving the call to uwm to my .login preceeded by a long
sleeep, what a cludge! I am running an IBM RT model 125 with an APA16
display. The problem is also reproducable without uwm. As far as I can
tell the process is running but the window is not mapped.

	BTW I like complex start up files!

					JonnyG.
					(jonnyg@umd5.umd.edu)
					(jonnyg@rover.umd.edu)