Starting xfce4 from xdm?

[Buck]

There might be two files that should be present, and they both should
reside in your home directory.
.xsession that contains
#/bin/bash
/path/to/startxfce4

and .xinitrc
that just contains
startxfce4

You should make .xsession executable.

Well, does this help?

Z

> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:01:58 +0100
> Michael Lestinsky <michael.lestinsky at mpi-hd.mpg.de> wrote:

>> Peter Humphrey wrote on  21.03.2005:
>> > I've been trying to find out how to get xdm to start xfce4 when I
>> > log in, but it's a bit hard to find the wood because of all the
>> > trees. 
>> 
>> Start it via "startxfce4" from your .xsession.

> Nope. I still get twm. I had no such file so created it. I've tried the
> full path /usr/bin/startxfce4, making the file executable, adding
> #!/bin/bash as the first line - still no joy :-( 

> There must be more to it than that.