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From: james@hermes.cybernetics.net (James Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0: tcsh oddity.
Date: 12 Jan 1995 21:54:03 GMT
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In article <kientzleD2B2B7.841@netcom.com>, kientzle@netcom.com writes:
)I installed the tcsh package from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM, and happily
)set my default shell to /usr/local/bin/tcsh.  Which was fine until I
)started X or invoked Emacs' shell-mode.  In either case, I got `csh'
)in my xterm or shell buffer instead of `tcsh'. 

Make sure that you are just starting xterm, and not "xterm -e csh", and that
there are no strange X Resources infecting your environment. What is your
$SHELL ?

I have a 2.0R machine that I installed from CD-ROM, using tcsh
as the shell without any problems.

)P.S.  Another head-scratcher that may be related:  xdm won't let me login
)to any accounts that have empty passwords.  I press <ENTER> at the password
)prompt and it announces `Incorrect password.'  I asked about this in
)comp.windows.x.i386unix and noone seemed to have seen this problem.  Xdm
)works okay with accounts that do have passwords.

I've noticed that too -- I'd take it as a hint to add a password :-!


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