>>>>> "Ajit" == Ajit Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ajit> thanks to raj and rohit for the pointers on xdm. my home
Ajit> directory did not have any .xsession or xinit files. also
Ajit> "exec" than background ("&") is the correct way of running
Ajit> fvwm. thanks. but some minor (rejoinder) questions remain as
Ajit> follows:
I wouldn't put an & after the ``exec fvwm''... that should be a user
option (to run ``startx &'' or whatever). However, I'm not sure if
the same holds true for xdm-initiated sessions.
>>>>> "Raj" == Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Raj> The look and feel is defined in Xresources.
Ajit> qs: do i need to edit Xresources then? (even though i am
Ajit> adding "exec fvwm95" in my .xsession. and what do i need to
Ajit> do to Xresources?
Edit it :-)
Raj> If you still face problems with hanging processes, you should
Raj> explicitely kill them in Xreset.
Ajit> qs: how to kill? "kill -9" statements in Xreset? also i
Ajit> wouldn't know what processes to kill until i find that they
Ajit> keep hanging around. so can i have preemptive kill
Ajit> statements in Xreset? (sorry for a very naive question!)
If you're the only user, and likely to remain so, a killall will work
just fine. However, have you checked if the processes still remain
hanging around?
>>>>> "Rohit" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rohit> Once your window manager starts, does the display become
Rohit> perfect ?
Ajit> qs: what do you mean by perfect? it's fine, and
Ajit> ctrl-alt-plus works and cycles thru various
Ajit> resolutions. it's just that xdm was coming up with drab
Ajit> black and white stuff, and after login putting me directly
Ajit> into an xterm window. and closing the xterm window logs me
Ajit> out. whereas i expect xdm to start fvwm95 for me and i start
Ajit> xterm if i need to. and quit fvwm by "really quitting".
Ajit> thanks again.
Ajit> ajit ranade.
