On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:59:30 -0700 > "Thayer Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Sorry I am not too familiar with SLIM but how to you "link" it with >> > dwm's .xinitrc? >> >> No worries! SLiM operates independent of window manager--Arch Linux >> runs it either as a daemon service or the traditional /etc/inittab >> method. Upon successful login, SLiM parses the user's ~/.xinitrc and >> executes whatever commands are present, be that dwm, Xmonad, Openbox, >> etc. Hope this helps...and there's more detailed info at the SLiM >> website: http://slim.berlios.de/ >> > > > Thanks for the reply! > > I got slim to install. I was able to use the themes and have them > display properly using the artwiz fonts. However, I can't seem to login > with it. I get an error "Unable to parse login file" or somewhere along > those lines. > > I have changed the following in /etc/slim.conf: > > #login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session > login_cmd exex /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session > > #sessions startxfce4,openbox,ion3,icewm,wmaker,blackbox > sessions dwm > > Am I doing something wrong here? > > I am using debian lenny by the way.
What does your ~/.xinitrc file contain? I can't speak for debian, having not used it for several years. Your best bet is to consult the debian forums though; I'm sure there are several SLIM users within that community.
