On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires wrote:

> > I believe you can create a .xsession file in your home directory.
> > 
> > Here is an example:
> > 
> > xclock -geometry 86x78-4+805 &
> > xterm -geometry 80x60+0+0 -name login &
> > xterm -geometry 80x24+522-176 &
> > xterm -geometry 80x24+522+0 &
> > xconsole -geometry 399x69+524+737 &
> > ctwm
> > 
> > Any errors should be logged to ~/.xsession-errors
> 
> Thanks a lot.  That will help setting it up but I will have to 
> create this file on every user's home dir, won't I?  
> 
> Is there any other more global approach?

Something is wrong with the way you have xdm setup. I have a file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession that you can use to make global
changes. I'll make a tar file of my xdm directory and place it
on ftp://phoenix.sfsu.edu/misc

Here is the relevant portion of it:

startup=$HOME/.xsession
resources=$HOME/.Xresources

if [ -f "$startup" ]; then
        exec "$startup"
else
        if [ -f "$resources" ]; then
                xrdb -load "$resources"
        fi
        twm &
        exec xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls
fi


> 
> Regards,
> 	Pappires
> 

Jon