Re: startx and xfce
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:21:35 -0700
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.
>
> Thanks, ... Peter E.
>
>
> Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/
>
>
Xsession starts x-session-manager if it exists. Failing that, it starts
x-window-manager. In your system x-session-manager is linked (via the
alternatives system) to Xfce.
--
Liam
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