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From: j1h9453@eagle.tamu.edu (Joel Andrew Huddleston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Ultrix 4.2 gripe
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Date: 26 Jun 91 19:49:31 GMT
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I thought I might warn people out there supporting DECStations.  I don't know
how far this goes back in the version list, but under Ultrix 4.2, there is a
file in /usr/skel called .Xdefaults.  This is a swell initialization file for
someone who already knows how to set up X applications or for someone who
never wants to change a thing.  However, the Session Manager supplied by DEC
can't understand this file well enough to change what it does.  Consequently,
if a user tries to use the Session Manager's Customize menu to set defaults,
it doesn't work.   But, it doesn't work in such a way that it *thinks* it is
working, *seems* to be working, *tells* you it is working, *warns* you that it
won't work until you restart your session, but doesn't change everything.

C'mon DEC!  Give us a break.  If you include some nifty startup file, make
sure that it is going to work with the product you wrote to update it.
Doesn't that make sense?

-- 
Joel Huddleston  eka j1h9453@zeus.tamu.edu
     Peace: Not just the absence of war but the absence of fear.
       War: Not just the absence of peace but the absence of cowardice.
Disclaimer: Not just the absence of blame but the absence of repsponsiblilty.