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RE: [Q] ~/.xinitrc is not being read



Yes,
that is what I found yesterday -- besides being named .xsesion,
the file needs to be an executable -- it does not need to have
#!/bin/bash -- however.


Vladislav

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>From: 	Sten Anderson[SMTP:sten@bergsoe.k-net.dk]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, January 14, 1998 11:45 PM
>To: 	debian-user@lists.debian.org
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>Subject: 	Re: [Q] ~/.xinitrc is not being read
>
>Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 03:05:04PM -0500, Vladislav Papayan x285 wrote:
>> > I use now xdm to login into the system -- however
>> > it seems like my ~/.xinitrc is being ignored.
>> 
>> .xinitrc is used for startx, and .xsession is used for xdm logins.
>> I symlink them together here for convenience.
>
>I believe that the .xsession script must also be executable. The first
>line in the script should be "#! /bin/sh", then do "chmod +x .xsession"
>
>(or do this to .xinitrc if you use the symlink method)
>
>- Sten Anderson
> 
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