XDM, XSM and not getting the proper environment

[Ryan Daly]

On 01/17/07 13:58, Glynn Clements wrote:
> You would do better asking that particular question on a Fedora list.

I'm not certain that Fedora is the cause of the problem.

> First, check how XDM is being started. Unless you're starting it
> manually, there will typically either be a dedicated entry in
> /etc/inittab, or an rc file in /etc/init.d (or /etc/rc.d etc) which
> starts a display manager. Any environment settings which are made
> prior to starting XDM will be inherited by XDM and may affect its
> operation.
> 
> Then, examine the xdm-config file (e.g. /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config). The
> scripts which are run by XDM are determined by the setup, startup,
> session and reset resources, e.g.:
> 
> 	DisplayManager*startup:		/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xstartup
> 	DisplayManager*session:		/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
> 	DisplayManager*reset:		/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset
> 	! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console.
> 	DisplayManager._0.setup:	/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
> 	DisplayManager._0.startup:	/usr/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
> 	DisplayManager._0.reset:	/usr/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
> 
> The first three lines specify the default scripts, while the last
> three specify scripts which are used for the display ":0".
> 
> The setup script is run as root before the login dialog is displayed. 
> After login, the startup script is run as root then the session script
> is run as the user who logged in. When the session script terminates,
> the reset script is run as root, the server is reset, then the process
> repeats.
> 
> Most of the details are normally in the session script. The scripts
> are invariably customised by the distribution vendor/maintainer, so if
> you want to know the specifics, you need to either ask in a forum
> which is specific to your distribution (i.e. a Fedora list) or read
> the scripts.

I did compare the scripts and there were some differences, but nothing
that would indicate it would cause a problem.


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