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Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)



Brian wrote:
> May we look a little closer at one or two of the things you say?
> 
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Because startx does not use .xsession.  You have things criss-crossed.

Oops!  I was definitely wrong with that statement.

> 1. Running startx basically runs xinit.
> 
> 2. startx first looks for ~/.xinitrc which, unless there is a very good
>    reason, should not be on a Debian system.
> 
> 3. startx now searches for the system xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit/. This
>    contains the line
> 
>       . /etc/X11/Xsession
> 
>    and Xsession will use ~/.xsession if it exists.
> 
> So startx on Debian uses .xsession :). However, it does not consult it
> directly.

Yes.  My bad.  I was confused! :-(  Thanks for the correction.

Bob

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