[Tfug] Login managers and fvwm

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 06:55:20PM +0000, Earl wrote:
> 
> -- Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 04:11:41AM +0000, Earl wrote:
> >> I run fvwm on a Sun U10 using Debian etch.  I also have it on a P3
> >> with Ubuntu 6.06.  When I start fvwm on the P3 from the gnome log in
> >> manager, it opens the .fvwm2rc file but misses the .Xdefaults and
> >> .xinitrc files.
> 
> > This isn't an fvwm issue; fvwm only reads the config file; X reads
> > the others.  By default, Debian X reads /etc/X11/Xsession and then
> > ~/.xsession.  If it can't find ~/.xsession, it falls back to
> > ~/.xinitrc.  Not sure why it isn't but you might want to (a) see if
> > you've got an ~/.xsession that's causing problems
> 
> I don't have ~/.xsession so it goes to ~/.xinitrc.  It does the
> .Xdefaults from .xinitrc just fine.  I eliminated exec fvwm2 from
> .xinitrc and it dumps me into X with all of the .Xdefaults working.

You don't need the exec command.  It sounds like maybe it's being run
with (or aliased to?) the '-c' switch (which empties the environment)?
Replace your `exec fvwm2` with a simple `fvwm` (or `fvwm2`, it
shouldn't matter).

Any help?

C.