On 25/09/2004, at 3:55 PM, Richard Rauch wrote:

> It Just Works, of course, if she logs in via a text console and
> types "startx".

   Just a thought: xdm uses .xsession instead of .xinitrc -- maybe 
that's the problem?

   If you don't have a .xsession file in your (mother's) home directory, 
create one that runs your .xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
exec $HOME/.xinitrc

   (make sure both your .xinitrc and your .xsession are executable).

   Cheers
       ,
    Rene