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From: pms415!reso@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (Dennis M. Reso)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: whither .login with Xprompter/dxsession on DS5000
Summary: The .login file is apparently ignored
Message-ID: <34338@fmsrl7.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 91 22:05:23 GMT
Expires: 29 Jan 91 21:47:55 GMT
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Reply-To: pms415!reso@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (Dennis M. Reso)
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I am using Ultrix 4.1 on a DECstation 5000, UWS version 4.1
with the following in /etc/ttys to start the X server and
hang the Xprompter on the console instead of getty:

  :0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter \
      -C /usr/bin/dxsession" none on secure \
      window="/usr/bin/Xtm -bs -su"

I would assume that somewhere along the line, a login csh
will get exec'd by /bin/login, and read the $HOME/.login
file for csh users. But this doesn't happen. The .login
file is ignored.

One can always use the "-ls" flags with dxterm, for example,
to get the environment (or put everything in .cshrc).  But
what of a single process that one would like to background
at login: you don't want one for every window you start
with "dxterm -ls".

The MWM window manager seems no better behaved than dxwm.
Is there something I'm missing in the above ttys line?

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