Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-26 Thread Coronya 
You don't need that  following the window manager. It can even prevent a
window manager from working. Try that with window maker and you'll be bombed
straight to the console.

Coronya
Debianized for now 37 days


On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Pollywog wrote:

 On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST), Xucaen said:

 
   does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
   fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
   why

 I don't think you need the  following your window manager.

 --
 Andrew

SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen 
Hi all..
thanks foir all your help, because of you I
figured it out.

for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I
haven't figured out why)
and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer
loaded, so I had to load it myself from my
.xsession script.
so now my last line of my .xsession is:
exec fvwm 
and all is well.  :-)

does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
why

thanks again!! 

xucaen
--- David B. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
 To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
 # Hi all..
 # here's what's happening:
 # I created ~/.xsession and it causes X to
 restart
 # immediately upon login (I type my password,
 hit
 # return(enter) and poof! the screen flickers
 and
 # I'm prompted again for user name and
 password)
 # 
 # I've tried about 5 different variations of
 the
 # contents of ~/.xsession, including all lines
 # commented out.
 
 You know, it *might* be useful to include your
 .xsession.
 
 David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
 Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or
death.)


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Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Pollywog 

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST), Xucaen said:

  
  does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
  fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
  why

I don't think you need the  following your window manager.

--
Andrew

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread mike polniak 
Xucaen wrote:
 Hi all..
 thanks foir all your help, because of you I
 figured it out.
 
 for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I
 haven't figured out why)
 and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer
 loaded, so I had to load it myself from my
 .xsession script.
 so now my last line of my .xsession is:
 exec fvwm 
 and all is well.  :-)
 
 does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
 fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
 why

Without the $HOME/.xsession file the realstartup=x-window-manager,
which links to  /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager (run update-alternatives
-- config x-window-manager to see your selections), in your case the default 
selection is fvwm. With the .xsession file the realstartup=$HOME/.xsession. 
This is from my reading of the script in:
file:/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50xfree86-common_determine-startup
-- 

~~~

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread David B . Harris 
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi all..
# thanks foir all your help, because of you I
# figured it out.
# 
# for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I
# haven't figured out why)
# and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer
# loaded, so I had to load it myself from my
# .xsession script.
# so now my last line of my .xsession is:
# exec fvwm 
# and all is well.  :-)
# 
# does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
# fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
# why

There is something like a default .xsession . Now, if you have your own,
it doesn't run that one, it runs yours. If it tried to run the default
one too, you might end up having two window managers fighting over the
desktop, and things like that.

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)

Re: SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Richard Cobbe 
Lo, on Thursday, January 25, Pollywog did write:

 
 On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:51 -0800 (PST), Xucaen said:
 
   
   does anyone know why creating .xsession causes
   fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know
   why
 
 I don't think you need the  following your window manager.

True,

exec fvwm 

is redundant.  Drop the .

Note, btw, that

fvwm 

*won't* work---when .xsession (or its replacement process, in the face of
an exex) terminates, the X server quits.  (This bit me pretty badly when I
first started hacking my .xinitrc/.xsession a few years back.)

Either `fvwm' or `exec fvwm' is fine; the latter is somewhat preferable, as
it doesn't keep the shell process hanging around until you quit X.

Richard

SOLVED: Re: ~/.xsession causes X to restart (infinite loop)

2001-01-25 Thread Xucaen 

--- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
 On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:20:54PM -0500, David
 B. Harris wrote:
 
  You know, it *might* be useful to include
 your .xsession.
 
 Just a bit. :)
 
 The fact that you have one means that it
 overrides any system default, no?
 Are you exec'ing a WM?
 

this was exactly my problem. I thought that fvwm
was being started by some other process. I didn't
think it was an if/else situation, but rather a
do this and that situation.

exec fvwm solved it.

thanks everyone!!

xucaen


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