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- From: thomas@plxsun (Thomas Leibold)
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- Subject: Re: help with xdm -- pleeeeeeease...
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- Date: 12 Dec 92 05:54:43 GMT
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- Jeremy Payne (jrpg8255@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
- : I've been pulling my hair out for some time now trying to get
- : xdm to work using SunOS 4.1.1 & openwindows 2.0. I can get it
- : installed etc., but logging in results in a gadget-less xterm
- : in the upper corner and nothing else -- not what I had in mind.
-
- You are actually getting further than we did with Sun's xdm. On our system
- it's replaced with the MIT X11R4 xdm.
- It sounds as if you don't start a window manager for your session. Unless you
- use a X-terminal with buildin window manager, you need to run a window manager.
- Your Xsession file should start a window manager for you, if you don't have
- a .xsession file in your $HOME-directory. If you have a .xsession file put
- the command to start the window manager there. For openwindows this is:
- olwm &
- You may have other window managers available on your system too.
-
- Thomas
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