Re: startx and xfce

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (24/09/06 21:21), shark@gulfnet.sd64.bc.ca wrote:
> Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here 
> and startx invokes xfce, all OK.
> 
> But how does startx find xfce rather than 
> xpdf or another X client?  man startx 
> remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the  
> user's  home  directory.  If that  is  not 
> found, it uses the file xinitrc in the 
> xinit library directory."
> 
> There is no .xinitrc.
> 
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc merely invokes
> /etc/X11/xsession and this contains no 
> reference to xfce.

I think you'll find it in your home directory:
.Xsession

Regards

Clive

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