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

[Alan Coopersmith]

James Carlson wrote:
> 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
> ...)

$HOME/.dtprofile is a dtlogin interface, not a gdm one.

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