Re: kdm, blackbox, and .xinitrc
On Monday, October 08, 2001 8:49 PM, egm2@jps.net wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:27:49 -0400 (EDT), Alexander N Gould
<agould@student.umass.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:03:58 -0400 (EDT), Alexander N Gould
<agould@student.umass.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My .xinitrc file does not seem to run when I start a blackbox
session form
> > >
> > > Rename it to ~/.xsession.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks; I tried that, but still nothing happens. Any other ideas,
please?
>
> Maybe you could clarify. Does blackbox get started? Does some other
> window manager get started? Does nothing happen? I'm not too familiar
> with kdm these days, does it give you an option about what type of
> session to start? If so, did you choose "Xsession" or "Debian"?
With KDM, the ~/.xsession is run only when you choose a
"default" session type from the login screen. ~/.xinitrc is ignored
as far as I can tell. In the past, I have modified the KDM session
scripts so they source an init script from the user's home regardless
of the session type.
Regards,
-=greg
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