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Re: startup commands



all,
> 
> I am trying to start mutt and 1 rxvt shell when
> a specific user logs into X.
> I tried to put
> 
> #! /bin/bash
> #
> exec mutt&
> exec rxvt&
> 
> 
> in bit .xinitrc  and .xsession  but nothing really happens.
> How do I execute these commands at startup ? 

You don't want to exec the commands, just enter:

mutt &
rxvt &
exec fvwm2 (or your preferred window manager)

You should also probably just put these in .xsession, as I believe
both .xinitrc and .xsession are run by startx, but other *only* run
.xsession.

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