help with xdm

[driftee]

these are the steps i took when installing my system
installed from slackware-current (3/23)
installed blackbox package from /contrib
did xf86config
did xwmconfig, selected blackbox
rebooted
did xwmconfig again, saw that no window manager was selected (dont know why this happens, but it happens after the first reboot after a fresh install), selected blackbox again
created .xinitrc in /home/pete with the line exec blackbox
chmod +x ~/.xinitrc
did startx, so .blackboxrc would be created
quit x
did init 4

xdm shows up. when i log in as pete, the screen goes blank for about 3 seconds and then goes back to xdm... why does this occur?

[bdg1983]

If you start X with startx, it reads ~/.xinitrc but I think xdm checks for ~/.xsession file. So, create .xsession into your home dir and put the exec blackbox there.

[kuber]

I'm having this problem also-adding exec blackbox to .xsession did nothing to help.

[kuber]

I'm having this problem also-adding exec blackbox to .xsession did nothing to help.

[driftee]

kuber, did you try making xsession executable? i havent been able to try anything becasue this is for my box at home.

[driftee]

ngene, we are both using xdm. startx works fine for me.

[kuber]

Hell yeah! I chmod +x .xsession... Works great.

Thanks!

[driftee]

ok, problem solved.