standards/120947: xsm ignores system.xsm and .xsmstartup

rodrigo readi scire at web.de
Thu Feb 21 14:40:01 UTC 2008


>Number:         120947
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       xsm ignores system.xsm and .xsmstartup
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-standards
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 21 14:40:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     rodrigo readi
>Release:        7.0rc
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Just try to start xdm in the most standard form that calls xsm, without any special configuration. Fails safe ist not fail safe: you get a root window with no  default application, neither twm nor xterm!

>How-To-Repeat:
see above.
>Fix:
avoid xsm, a standard.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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