FreeBSD 5.2: How do I automatically restart twm with the Default session?

[Anthony Discolo]

This is the twm that comes with 5.2.  These problems occured when I was not 
using a ~/.twmrc or ~/.xsession.

I found that there is some problem with xsm restarting twm within a session. 
  I tried everything I could think of but twm always dumps core when its 
restarted by xsm.  Twm only works correctly when a Fail Safe session is 
started by xsm.  I figured out how to eliminate the session dialog after I 
logged in by adding "xsm -session Default" in my .xsession, but when twm 
dumps core, it leaves the session locked, and that prevents me from 
subsequently automatically logging into the Default session.

I ended up just running twm from my .xsession and not using xsm at all.  It 
seems to work fine.

If anyone has a workaround for these problems, let me know.

Thanks.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
Reply-To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
To: "Anthony Discolo" <avdiscolo at hotmail.com>
CC: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2: How do I automatically restart twm with the 
Default session?
Date: 31 Jan 2004 12:28:47 -0500

"Anthony Discolo" <avdiscolo at hotmail.com> writes:

 > Everytime I log in twm asks me to load the Default session.  Is there
 > any way I can have it automatically load it (maybe something in the
 > ~/.twmrc)?
 >
 > I've also run into problems with reloading the Default session.
 > Sometimes twm dumps core.  If I load the Fail Safe session, it seems
 > to work fine.

Is this actually twm as installed from the base X packages?
Are you starting it from xdm(1) or startx(1)?
What does your .xsession or .xinitrc look like?
Does removing your personal .twmrc have any effect?

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