Re: .xinitrc or .Xsession is not being read!
Or, if you are running X to really run gnome, just type gdm to get the gnome login prompt and on into gnome.
--- Casey Webster <casey@trifocus.net>
> wrote:
>use "startx" to startup x, dont call X directly. startx is responsible for running X as well as running .xinitrc.
>
>-Casey
>
>On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:09:00PM -0800, jdls wrote:
>> help! I have removed gdm via update-rc.d with no errors
>> now when I try tostart x (via X) I just get a mouse pointer and &
>> gray background (sort of like when you first installed X
>> w/o any window managers, etc) so I created my .xinitrc
>> file thinking that X would read that but still nothing. so
>> next I created an .Xsession file but still nothing... I am
>> using the latest xfree86-4 with helix-gnome.
>>
>> My xinitrc file looks like this:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> exec gnome-panel &
>> exec sawfish &
>> exec gnome-session &
>> xterm
>> exit 0
>>
>>
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