On Feb 16 11:49:58, erling.westen...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 09:32:05AM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I believe that should read ~/.xinitrc according to startx(1)?
Yes.
> > Create a .xsession file which matches your .xinit (or use a symlink)
> > and xdm should pick .Xresources up, too.
Thanks for the hint. However, having a ~/.xsession identical to ~/.xinitrc
still leads to the same behaviour.
Note that even in a xdm(1) session I do get an UTF8 xterm
IF I launch it from the command line. So the ~/.Xresources
must be consulted at some point. It is just that the xterm
started with cwm's ctrl-alt-del does have XTERM_LOCALE=C
Jan
> > > setxkbmap -layout "us,cz" -option "grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
> > > xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc
> > > cwm
