Subject: bug in xdm: missing xdm-config
From: Paulo Abreu (paulotex@yahoo.com )
Date: Sun Sep 02 2001 - 19:11:33 MDT
Hi:
I found that the xdm package is missing an important file, xdm-config.
This file tells xdm where to find its other files, like, Xsetup,
Xstartup, Xsession. Without it, a xdm session is almost unusable.
I suspect this hasn't been detected because installing kdm or gdm covers
this up. I have a xdm-config from another distro, and after changing
one line it works fine. Here it is in case any one wants it:
! $XConsortium: xdm-conf.cpp /main/3 1996/01/15 15:17:26 gildea $
DisplayManager.errorLogFile: /var/log/xdm-error.log
DisplayManager.pidFile: /var/run/xdm.pid
DisplayManager.keyFile: /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-keys
DisplayManager.servers: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
DisplayManager.accessFile: /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
! All displays should use authorization, but we cannot be sure
! X terminals will be configured that way, so by default
! use authorization only for local displays :0, :1, etc.
DisplayManager._0.authorize: true
DisplayManager._1.authorize: true
! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console.
DisplayManager._0.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
DisplayManager._0.startup: /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
DisplayManager._0.reset: /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
DisplayManager._0.startAttempts: 1
!
DisplayManager*resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources
DisplayManager*session: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
DisplayManager*authComplain: false
Just copy this to /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
Paulo
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