I am running Debian 2.1 with all updates (nothing as yet from the unstable area) and am having this bizarre problem with my .xsession file.
I am using Wdm 1.0-7 and WindowMaker 0.20.3-5. WindowMaker has been specified as the default window manager by moving its entry to the top of the /etc/X11/window-managers file. When I try and add commands to the .xsession file for either the root user or the non-privileged user "ssahmed", the x session for either of those users doesn't start and I am dumped back into the WDM login screen. For example, I added the following lines to "ssahmed"'s .xsession file : xterm& xterm& Login failed and I was dumped back into the WDM screen. Here is what the ~ssahmed/.xsession-errors file had to say : Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0 The only modification I have made to WDM's config is the following line from /etc/X11/wdm/wdm-config : DisplayManager._0.authorize: false Can someone please explain to me how to start up X clients from my .xsession file ? Do I have to start up WindowMaker from my .xsession file (as I do for RedHat) or is it enough to rely on /etc/X11/window-managers ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
