[osol-discuss] About Solaris (mistakes) and future

[James Carlson]

Dave Marquardt writes:
> Casper> What I would like to add in gdm but specifically dtlogin is the ability
> Casper> to start a "plain, unadulterated X session".  One that just runs your
> Casper> .xinitrc and that'll be all.
> 
> +1.
> 
> I've managed to get this done in some cases, but it required me
> editing various configuration files as root.  That shouldn't be
> necessary.  Seems like this is a function of xdm that somehow got lost
> along the way.

Doesn't setting "SESSIONTYPE=xdm" in $HOME/.dtprofile do this?

It seems at least close enough for me to start twm out of dtlogin
using my own $HOME/.xsession without hassles.  (No idea yet about gdm
...)

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