On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 09:15:58AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > There seems to be a difference between an X session > initialized by startx(1) and one launched by xdm(1). > > When I start an X session via startx, the settings > specified in ~/.Xresources seem to be honoured. > A session started via xdm(1) does _not_ honour > > XTerm*utf8: true > XTerm*locale: UTF-8 > > and every xterm I start in the running cwm(1) > with ctrl+alt+del has XTERM_LOCALE=C > > On the other hand, an xterm I start with `xterm` > from an already running xterm has XTERM_LOCALE=cs_CZ.UTF-8 > For an xdm(1) session, this is exactly the difference in env(1) > between a ctrl-alt-del started xterm and an `xterm`. > > In a startx(1) session, the xterm started as ctrl-alt-del > already has XTERM_LOCALE=cs_CZ.UTF-8 as per ~/.Xresources > > Is this expected? Is it due to a difference between > an xdm(1) session and a startx(1) session? > > Jan > > > $ cat ~/.xinit: > > #!/bin/sh > > xset -b -c dpms 300 600 900 m 2 0 r rate 400 30 s blank s 120 60 > xsetroot -solid black > xrdb ~/.Xresources
The above line calling xrdb makes your .Xresources file work. startx reads ~/.xinit while xdm reads ~/.xsession. Create a .xsession file which matches your .xinit (or use a symlink) and xdm should pick .Xresources up, too. > setxkbmap -layout "us,cz" -option "grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll" > xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc > cwm
