using xdm. it comes up with the login window, and when i enter my name
etc, it does not run my xinitrc file.

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On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Lutz Albers wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Mr BOFH wrote:
> 
> > despite putting .xinitrc in my home dir, it does not obey the instructions 
> > in it, for example, twm&. I still have to set all this stuff up manually.
> > any ideas now?
> 
> Are you using xdm or startx ?
> 
> --
> Lutz Albers, lutz@muc.de
> Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive.
> 
>