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Re: auto load root window image



ktb <x.y.f@home.com> wrote:
>	I've got a command I run as a regular user that works just fine
>	from the command line but when I put it in my ~.xinitrc it
>	doesn't work

"Doesn't work"? In what way?

>	the command is -
>	/usr/X11R6/bin/xsetbg  -onroot -at 0,0 /home/kent/img.jpg
>	The file also contains "fvwm" to load the window manager.
>
>	Permissions for .xinitrc -
>	-rwxr-xr-x    1 kent     kent          118 Dec  4 21:13 .xinitrc
>	
>	Why isn't this working for me?

Do you also have a ~/.xsession file? If you're using a display manager
(xdm/gdm/kdm/wdm) rather than startx, ~/.xsession is read rather than
~/.xinitrc.

-- 
Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]



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