Re: wm/fluxbox vs 'xdm' failsafe session, etc.

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017, Ian D. Leroux wrote:

> It sounds like there's something special about the failsafe session.

It's a pretty ordinary non-login process, inherited from
'/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession' running as the user.

> What does printenv in the failsafe xterm say?

Immediately upon terminal/shell startup (user info obfuscated):

----------
_=/usr/bin/printenv
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin
XTERM_VERSION=XTerm(308)
SHELL=/bin/ksh
USER=${USER}
WINDOWPATH=5
DISPLAY=:0
HOME=${HOME}
PWD=${HOME}
XTERM_SHELL=/bin/ksh
TERM=xterm
WINDOWID=4194317
XTERM_LOCALE=C
LOGNAME=${LOGNAME}
----------

After sourcing ".profile" ('. ./.profile'):

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_=/usr/bin/printenv
CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs%anoncvs.netbsd.org@localhost:/cvsroot
NNTPSERVER=news.mylinuxisp.com
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/games:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:${HOME}/bin
XTERM_VERSION=XTerm(308)
SHELL=/bin/ksh
XAPPLRESDIR=/usr/pkg/lib/X11/app-defaults
OSTYPE=NetBSD
USER=${USER}
VISUAL=vi
WINDOWPATH=5
DISPLAY=:0
HOME=${HOME}
PWD=${HOME}
XTERM_SHELL=/bin/ksh
TERM=xterm
WINDOWID=4194317
EDITOR=vi
PAGER=less
XTERM_LOCALE=C
LOGNAME=${LOGNAME}
----------

Regardless of whether the user's ".profile" is sourced, a first-time
or no-config-changes 'fluxbox' hangs when started from the failsafe
xterm.

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