Eric, Thanks for the help. It turned out that my .xinitrc file did not have the executable bit set.
Thanks, chris "E.L. Meijer (Eric)" wrote: > > > > I have linked my working .xinitrc file to .xsession so that I could run > > xdm. However, every time I log in, xdm does not seem to execute the > > .xsession file as stated in the man pages. Could someone tell me what > > is going on, and how to fix it? > > Things to check: > > - is your .xinitrc executable as .xsession should be? > - do you get any clues written in ~/.xsession-errors? > - do you have a line 'allow-user-xsession' in /etc/X11/config? > > HTH, > Eric > > -- > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 > Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 > Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

