Re: xorg & KDE 3.3 startup issues in 5.3 BETA3

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:45:00 +0930
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:06, Adam Smith wrote:
> When I launch kdm and log in, Xorg ignores my .xsession or .xinitrc files
> (whichever I have created) and loads only an xterm window (with no window
> management around it.)  I need to type 'startkde' in this window to
> actually kick KDE off and get it initiated, and upon closing this window
> Xorg terminates itself.

Xorg doesn't do the ignoring, kdm does.

In the KDM menu select 'Custom' and it will run your .xsession.

I found this too, it's quite annoying :(

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