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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xdm question
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Date: 2 Aug 90 17:21:45 GMT
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> Everytime I log in, the Xsession file fails and the only message in my error
> log is: "Xsession execution failure /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession".  I have the
> appropriate line in xdm-config, I believe:
> "DisplayManager*session: /usr/lib/X11/Xsession"

As it looks like you've copied this information by hand, I'd first suggest
checking the spelling (and directory) of each of the files in question.  If the
file names are as indicated above, then xdm is (somehow) interpreting the
resource file incorrectly.  You can run xdm in debug mode (xdm -debug 9) to see
the exact contents of all of the relevant resources.  You'll be looking for
a line like

DisplayManager._0.session/DisplayManager.Color.Session value /usr/lib/X11/Xsession

The _0 and Color fields will depend on the name/class of the display involved.
 
Make sure you run it in an xterm with a huge history buffer, or inside and
emacs shell window, otherwise the important information will simply scroll on
by.

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium