Re: Where to put an xmodmap script

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

.xinitrc doesn't exist in my home dir.  Neither did .xsession until I
created it and added the line:

	xmodmap .xmodmap

Then when I try to login, I get dumped out, presumably because
.xsession doesn't end with a line like

	exec wmaker &

I thought I read that .xsession is more general than .xinitrc because
xdm will read xsession but not xinitrc.

Since these files didn't exist before, I'm guessing that a default
xsession or xinitrc was being read from somewhere else, but I couldn't
figure out where.  If I could find it, I could use it to create a
customized one in my home dir, right?


On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 11:27:01PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 01:27:21PM -0500, Brian Nelson (nelson@bignachos.com) wrote:
> > Where is the best place to load an xmodmap script automatically in
> > Debian?  If I put it in .xsession (which previously didn't exist), I
> > get dumped back to an xdm login.
> 
> Post your .xinitrc.  This *should* be acceptable.  If your .xinitrc is
> bombing you out, there's a problem with it.
> 
> My own xmodmap invoke is:
> 
>     xmodmap ~/.xmodmap
> 
> Normally, if your .xinitrc is bombing out, you're invoking something as
> a final call which is either running and exiting, or erroring out.
>