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Re: customize Xsetup_0 , file is not executed
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Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 3 Aug 2021 12:04:51 +0100
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On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, Ekkard Gerlach wrote:

> Hello,
>
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 in  is NOT executed, what could be the reason? I 
> inserted on top of file
>
> echo "hello123" > /tmp/test123
> and the file is not created! Who can help?
>
>
> I'm managing SL 6.10, its deprecated I know, but no way arround, its server 
> of a customer
>
> Finally I want to start x11vnc in Xsetup_0, like I am used to do it in 
> Suse-Installations with /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup , the it works perfectly sind 15 
> years. Now my first contact to SL/ RedHat.
>
> Background: red hat tells that Xsetup_0 is for customizing login: 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_documentation_en-2Dus_red-5Fhat-5Fenterprise-5Flinux_6_html_deployment-5Fguide_s2-2Dx-2Drunlevels-2D5&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=9FJox_aLoPfQINwEp2m1q_XA0dlYWGQqyQp5v3pYyjY&s=HQydlhySMzg7GK5gDhmC-TkmQxj3WqdqGf9IeBJXqTY&e= 
> 
> Xsetup_0 is the right file to do customizations in red hat, here a comparison 
> of Suse and Red Hat:  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__virtualgl.org_vgldoc_2-5F0_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=9FJox_aLoPfQINwEp2m1q_XA0dlYWGQqyQp5v3pYyjY&s=JwhK8skHanCxyhe9mnsLwg3QdTRbLdxfRkicQU9KPVs&e= 

I still have a Scientific Linux 6 "virtual machine" (actually a chroot
"container") so I may be in a better position to help than most.

Are you using display :0 and display manager xdm (not gdm or kdm) ?

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Andrew C. Aitchison					Kendal, UK
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