Re: Newbiew question

[Ramon Kagan <rkagan YorkU CA>]

Hi,

I figured out that the path wasn't being picked up properly.  .xsession
doesn't need to executable.

Ramon Kagan
York University, Computing and Network Services
Unix Team -  Intermediate System Administrator
(416)736-2100 #20263
rkagan yorku ca

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Sydney Weidman wrote:

> Ramon Kagan wrote:
>
> > I've just completed a fresh install of Debian and have built garnome, as
> > well as gdm.  I'm running gdm from my home directory and  I followed the
> > instructions in the FAQ to setup my .xsession.  When I log in I only get a
> > xterm without borders, no mouse menus, etc.  Sort of like when you press
> > Shift-F1 for xdm to login in safe mode.  Any help on actually getting the
> > menus, control center, etc would be really appreciated.
>
> Sounds like you have the same problem I was having. Your .xsession file isn't being used by /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession because the .xsession file is not executable. Maybe chmod +x ~/.xsession would correct the problem like it did for me.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> regards,
> syd.
>
>