Re: XDM/XSM - not getting proper X environment

[Ray Strode <rstrode redhat com>]

Hi,

> I'm running xterm's (with -ls).  I'm used to seeing the following...
> 
> daly linux13 <597#> w
>  16:51:01 up 34 days,  7:36, 56 users,  load average: 1.10, 0.47, 0.38
> USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
> daly     pts/7    -                15Dec06  9days  0.13s 23.21s xterm
> -font 7x13 -ls -bg black -fg yellow -sb -sl 500 -geometry
> 
> ...but am now seeing this.
> 
> daly joker <7#> w
>  16:51:01 up 34 days,  7:36, 56 users,  load average: 1.10, 0.47, 0.38
> USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
> daly     :0       -                 16:28    ?xdm? 3.95s  0.01s -:0
interesting.  Yea, gnome-terminal would do something like 

daly pts/7  :0  15Dec06  9days  0.13s 23.21s xterm

I'd file a libutempter bug report and see what the package maintainer
has to say.

--Ray