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Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many

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On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with stretch, issue 2 from many"
> Dear all,
> 
> I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
> This one will focus on the window manager startup.
> [...]
> Question 2.1: Why .xsession is not read and .xsessionrc is read?
> Question 2.2: Who starts the second call of fvwm? If I comment out the
> fvwm call in .xsession(rc) then the fvwm doesn't use the ssh-agent
> (for example). At the moment I simply deleted x-window-manager, so
> when I logout from fvwm I get a error/warning instead of a new fvwm
> session.
> 

@ Brian, here is my formal .xsession (currently .xsessionrc) file:

==========================cut here========================
#!/bin/bash
xsetbg background1.png
rclock -fg white -bg black -fn
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-16" -geometry
98x95+1817+23 &
eval `ssh-agent -s`
xrdb -m .Xresources
xrdb -m .Xdefaults
xmodmap .xmodmap
ssh-add -c
setroot -solid steelblue1
xsetbg background2.png
( sleep 2 ; /home/mugurel/bin/*ncepe ) &
fvwm2
==========================cut here========================

startx would have been bringing up whatever x-window-manager was
pointing at, which was kde.

xsession was not read because I did not get the clock, I was not asked
for the passphrase, I did not get the background, etc.

I am not abusing anything. .xsession was working before stretch and it
is not working with stretch. Reading some manuals I found out about
.xsessionrc, so I renamed .xsession into .xsessionrc.

I am not fun of startx, it will read my .xsession?


@ David, before login in the first time as user, after installation, I
check if the executable fvwm2 exists. See this:

~> ls -ltr /usr/bin/fvwm2 /usr/bin/fvwm /etc/alternatives/fvwm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 908056 ian 16  2017 /usr/bin/fvwm2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     22 oct 18 09:35 /usr/bin/fvwm -> /etc/alternatives/fvwm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     14 oct 18 09:35 /etc/alternatives/fvwm -> /usr/bin/fvwm2

So, yes, the executable is fvwm2. It was always fvwm2.

If your call to fvwm2 is first in .xsession, how do you get the rest
to be executed?

Initial x-window-manager was pointing to kde.

My fvwm2 is started by .xsession. The second instance is started by
something that died, because the parent is now init. I do not start
both fvwm2 and x-session-manager. Something (that I try to find out by
asking the list, see question 2.2) is starting it. I want to stop that
behaviour. Which is only happening on stretch.

I use xdm.


@ Greg: I do not switching things around randomly and frequently. I
use xdm. I tried kdm when I encounter the issues with .xsession not
being read.

As I already posted:
 1. I use latest Debian stable. Fresh install.
 2. I use xdm to login.
 3. X starts automatically

About 2, is not that hard. I usually uninstall all alternative dm's and
then install xdm, before I login the first time as user.

I do not use gnome. I uninstall all packages related to gnome.


Any (new) ideas what I can do?

Thank you.
  Ionel

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issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-27 14:10 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-11-27 17:40 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-27 18:10 +0100
      Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-28 21:40 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-29 21:20 +0100
          Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-29 21:50 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-29 21:20 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-27 20:00 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-30 16:30 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 16:50 +0100
      Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-30 17:00 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 17:30 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-30 17:40 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 16:30 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-30 17:50 +0100
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