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Re: enlightenment



On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Chris Fury wrote:

> Christopher J. Morrone wrote:
> > 
> > How do I start the enlightment window manager under Debian?  I have tried
> > all kinds of .xinitrc, .xsession files but I just don't seem to be getting
> > it right, my old fvwm2 manager still starts up...
> 
> chmod 754 ~/.xsession 
> 
> if you're using xdm,
> 
> chmod 754 ~/.xinitrc 
> 
> if you're using startx.
> 
> This ensures that the eXecutable file permission is set, otherwise
> it won't be run as a script[1].  I just figured this one out myself.
> I just kept staring and staring at it.  Why wouldn't it work!  Aggh!
> :)

Oh, they have to be executable...geez.  I must be working too hard...

> 
> [1] for those interested, it's run by a start up script:
> /etc/X11/Xsession
> 
> -- 
> balderdash.
> 



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