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How do I start scosession without starting mwm ??

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From: Eigil Krogh Sorensen
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 04:48
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Please help with this problem:

We just upgraded from ODT-2.0 to ODT-3.0.

After this upgrade we have a problem with external Xterminals. These
Xterminals consists of PC's running PC-Xware.

Before we upgraded we could use the local (on the PC) Window Manager
(Either NCD's wm or MS wm). After XDM connect to the SCO ODT computer
and login via the SCO LOGIN window the normal scosession was run
and the normal DeskTop would come up. The only special that had to be
made was to start the local wm via rcmd from
/usr/lib/X11/scologin/Xstartup. This looked like this:

/usr/lib/X11/scologin/Xstartup (ODT-2.0):

#!/bin/sh
# File: /usr/lib/X11/scologin/Xstartup
#
# Changed:
#   Tue Dec 21 20:48:40 MEZ 1993  eks
#
# Xstartup
#
# This program is run as root after the user is verified
#
# Calculate pc = the hostname of the actual PC in question. pc=empty

pc=`echo $DISPLAY | sed 's/:.*$//'`
if [ $pc ]; then
rcmd $pc wm > /dev/null;
fi


Now with ODT-3.0 this won't work at all. The only thing that happens
after login via the SCO Login window is the SCO timeglass appears on
the PC screen for 1/2 seccond and the the scosession is terminated.

Here is what scosession writes out, if the local WindowManager is
running on the Xterminal:

659 (slam:/usr/eks) eks $ scosession
scosession: another (window) manager is already running.
660 (slam:/usr/eks) eks $


What can be the reason for that and what can I do to solve it ?

How can I start my normal DeskTop without starting mwm ?


Any help and hints are wellcome !


Thank you in advance

Eigil Krogh Sorensen



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From: eks@vki68.aar-vki.dk (Eigil Krogh Sorensen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif,biz.sco.opendesktop,biz.sco.general
Subject: How do I start scosession without starting mwm ??
Date: 1 Apr 1994 04:48:53 GMT
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Summary: When a local mw is running on PC-Xware scosession can't run
Keywords: scosession local Xterminal windowmanager PC-Xware