Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

1999-09-20 Thread Martyn Pearce
Salman Ahmed writes: | usermod -G dip ssahmed Be wary of that. I believe that the -G option *resets* the extra groups (not the defualt group); so, if ssahmed was previously a member of,say audio, that will be undone. Mx.

Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

1999-09-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
On Sat September 18, Brad wrote : > > Yes, you do have to run the window manager explicitly if you use an > .xsession file. > > You can have your .xsession use /etc/X11/window-managers, though. Just > place this at the bottom of your .xsession (code shamelessly ripped from > /etc/X11/Xsess

Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

1999-09-18 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Do I have to start up WindowMaker from my .xsession file (as > I do for RedHat) or is it enough to rely on > /etc/X11/window-managers ? Yes, you do have to run the window manager explicitly if you use an .xsession file

.xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

1999-09-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
I am running Debian 2.1 with all updates (nothing as yet from the unstable area) and am having this bizarre problem with my .xsession file. I am using Wdm 1.0-7 and WindowMaker 0.20.3-5. WindowMaker has been specified as the default window manager by moving its entry to the top of the /etc/X11/wi