Hello, when choosing a window manager like twm with kdm or wdm (maybe also others, but not xdm), this window manager is executed without taking into account the user .xsession.
The user .xsession is only taken into account when using the default "window manager". By the way, some of the more complex window managers/desktop environments have their own mechanisms for startup scripts, like KDE's Autostart folder and GNOME's .gnomerc (IIRC). Now it would be quite helpful if this information could be found in the man page of Xsession or the xfree86-common FAQ, preferably both (attached are the relevant portions of both) I had a look at both but did not find an appropriate wording for that; maybe that's because I'm not a native (English :)) speaker. Perhaps someone on this list finds something good. If nothing comes up, I'll give it another try myself. Should I generate a patch (my reference is the man page/FAQ from woody). Ideas and comments? -Malte #8-) ---- Xsession man page ---- 3) Determine startup program. The X client to launch as the controlling process (the one that, upon exiting, causes the X server to exit as well) is determined next. If the line "allow-user-xsession" is present in Xses sion.options, a user-specified session program or script is used. If a program or failsafe argument was given and is allowed (see above), it is used instead. Otherwise, two historically popular names for user X session scripts are searched for: $HOME/.xsession and $HOME/.Xsession (note the difference in case). The first one found is used. If the script is not executable, it is marked to be executed with the Bourne shell interpreter, sh(1). If "allow-user-xsession" is not specified, or no user X ses sion program can be located, and no failsafe session is to be run, the following programs are searched for: /usr/bin/x-session-manager, /usr/bin/x-window-manager, and /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator. The first one found is used. If none are found, Xsession aborts with an error. ---- xfree86-common FAQ ---- *) How do I customize my X session? On a Debian GNU/Linux system, the file $HOME/.xsession is used (if present) to setup the user's X session. The file /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/examples/xsession is an example file that may be used directly and contains a great deal of explicit instruction on customization. Note that the system administrator can configure the X Window System such that users' .xsession files in their $HOME directories are ignored. See the Xsession.options(5) manual page for more information. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
