Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:1527 comp.windows.x:12603 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!gilroy.pa.dec.com!klee From: klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Return key and xterm Message-ID: <1695@bacchus.dec.com> Date: 17 Aug 89 22:41:13 GMT References: <3684@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Distribution: usa Lines: 15 In article <3684@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, gregory@cscadm.ncsu.edu (Scott Gregory) writes: > I have installed ULTRIX V3.0 onto a VAXstation II/RC and am > running xterm and uwm instead of DECterm. The problem is this; > While running xterm(specified in /etc/ttys) Support for starting xterm from /etc/ttys is being discontinued from both the MIT and DEC releases of X. You should use xdm or dxsession instead. I use dxsession, as it is more powerful. You can specify both a terminal emulator (xterm or DECterm) and a window manager (uwm or dxwm or whatever) for dxsession through your .Xdefaults file. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee