Hi, I'm not sure how /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession is generated, but the color in the call to xsetroot should be quoted, i.e. xsetroot -solid #356390 should be replaced with xsetroot -solid "#356390" Regards, Tudor
*** Bug 3000 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 4th line is : xsetroot -solid #356390 I do not know what does this mean but it always gives a syntax error , every time I try to log in , with the following message: usage: xsetroot [options] where options are: -display <display> or -d <display> -fg <color> or -foreground <color> -bg <color> or -background <color> -rv or -reverse -help -def or -default -name <string> -cursor <cursor file> <mask file> -cursor_name <cursor-font name> -solid <color> -gray or -grey -bitmap <filename> -mod <x> <y> What is the problem ? ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/24/99 09:58 ------- it's a bug in the Xsession file. Put quotes around the color spec.
*** Bug 2392 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** In /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession you can find this: xsetroot -solid #356390 and because it's a shell script, hash mark starts a comment. I am sure we don't want this. To correct it: xsetroot -solid \#356390
*** Bug 2894 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** In /var/log/xdm-error.log, the following error messages appear. stdin: is not a ttyusage: xsetroot [options] where options are: -display <display> or -d <display> -fg <color> or -foreground <color> -bg <color> or -background <color> -rv or -reverse -help [...] etc. xsetroot is obviously being called in a broken way by something ------- Additional Comments From dlt 05/18/99 15:25 ------- This appears to be due to a problem in the X startup scripts. It will be fixed sometime later. It does not appear to have any functional implication.
*** Bug 3432 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** The scripts /etc/X11/xdm/{Xsession,Xsetup_0} both contain the line xsetroot -solid #356390 which are incorrect and should be replaced by xsetroot -solid rgb:35/63/90
Fixed in errata XFree86-*-52 release.