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- From: peta@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Peter Whaite)
- Subject: Problem with xdm, userenv, and zsh (and tcsh).
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.223018.10258@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
- Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 22:30:18 GMT
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- My apologies if this is a FAQ. I remember seeing some discussion about non
- standard login shells but I cant recall the details.
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- I've been using zsh for a while on our Suns and quite like it so I thought I'd
- make it my default shell on our SGIs (compiles without a hitch).
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- When I do this I have no problem with rlogin, but I cannot get my xsession
- started via pandora. It simply times out and returns to the login widget. I
- can login via pandora if I use FAILSAFE after my username.
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- The problem appears to be `userenv` executed in xdm/Xsession. When I invoke
- the command from a shell (it doesnt seem to matter what kind) I get
-
- % uname -a
- IRIX Obelix 4.0.2 02211459 IP12
- % userenv
- zsh: suspended (tty input) userenv
- % jobs
- [1] + suspended (tty input) userenv
- % fg
- [1] - continued
- zsh: suspended (tty input) userenv
-
- and so on. Its as though userenv keeps sending itself TSTP.
-
- Also I have been using a tcsh for some time now and haven't had this problem.
- However when tcsh is my login shell userenv doesnt hang, but it doesnt print
- anything either (which might explain a few probs I've been having with my
- toolchest environment). So it looks like userenv doesnt work for tcsh either.
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- Does userenv only work with sh and csh? Does this mean that I *must* make
- either /bin/{sh,csh} my default login shell, or are there some configuration
- problems.
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