The lines if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp ]; then freetemp fi in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession should probably be if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp ]; then /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp else echo '<some error about /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp>' fi To provide a more informative error than "Permission denied" if /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp is not executable for some strange reasion. There is also a security hole here if $PATH is changed in some small way, although it is also minor. All in all, a very minor bug but one that is easily fixed. Matthew Weigel
fixed in the forthcoming 3.3.5 errata release.